As I wrote at the time in a story for i Love Dogs (that happened to be briefly featured in the âPit Bulls and Paroleesâ episode, âNew Orleans, Here We Comeâ), Kern County officials denied a request by Tia Torres, owner of the rescue and rehabilitation facility, to move VRC from Agua Dulce to Tehachapi, Calif.
Two hippo species are found in Africa. The large hippo, found in East Africa, occurs south of the Sahara. The other, much smaller (440 to 605 pounds) species of hippo is the pygmy hippopotamus. Limited to very restricted ranges in West Africa, it is a shy, solitary forest dweller and is now rare.
The modern habitat of the hippos has survived only in the south of the Sahara. The bulk of the population of all hippos live in East and South-East Africa, in such countries as Mozambique, Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda and Malawi. The most significant number of hippopotamus in Zambia â 40 thousand individuals. Until 2000, a large number of animals lived in Zimbabwe. But because of the collapse of the economy in the country, its population had to destroy most of the hippo population. In South Africa hippopotamus live only in the National Park. Kruger. All the inhabitants in this reserve are under protection, so there is nothing threatening in the park of the number of hippopotami.