The Hippopotamus: Endangered Species Report

The Hippopotamus: Endangered Species Report The ban on elephant ivory trading has slowed down the poaching of elephants, but now poachers are getting their ivory from another creature, the hippopotamus. For the poacher, the hippo is an easy target. They stay together for long hours in muddy water pools, as many as eighty-one can be found in a single square mile. This concentration is so big it's only second to that of the elephant. Poachers …

…we do here in the U.S.. The fires in California were barely maintainable. In short, if the hippos die, everything dependent on the hippo and it's way-of-life also suffers. Bibliography Brust, Beth W. Zoobooks: Hippos. San Diego: Wildlife Education, Ltd., 1989. Estes, Richard. The Safari Companion. Simon & Schuster, 1991. MacDonald, David (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Mammals. Vol. 2. London: George, Allen & Unwin, 1984. Redmond, Ian. 'Africa's Four Legged Whale,' Wildlife Conservastion. Jan.-Feb. 1991, pp 60-69.