[dropcap]E[/dropcap]nglish conservationist, Damian Aspinall raised a zoo-bred Lowland Gorilla, “Kwibi,” as if he was his own son at his Howletts Wild Animal Park in England. In 2005, Kwibi was eventually released into the jungles of Gabon, West Africa, when he was just 5 years old as part of a conservation programme to re-introduce gorillas back into the wild. After 5 years, […]
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ARTICLE | 100 year-old tortoise acts as mom to baby hippo
A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa , officials said The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki River into the Indian […]