In 1910, the United States faced a national meat shortage — and politicians came up with a shocking solution: import hippos from Africa and farm them in the Louisiana swamps. This short documentary ...

When Kenya Wildlife Service personnel shot this stray hippo in a thicket in Ol Kalou, Nyandarua County, residents – seeing for dinner – quickly shared out the meat on a first-come-first-served basis.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Hippos at a national park in Congo's war-torn east could be wiped out by the end of the year unless action is taken to stop rebel militia slaughtering them for their meat and ivory ...