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A spokesperson confirmed with USA TODAY that at least 40 to 50 hippos were found deceased at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Reuters first reported the news.

Lake Edward once housed the largest hippo population in the world, a figure decimated by conflict since 1994. Getty Images This beastly tragedy comes as strife is felt across the Democratic ...

The deaths represent a major loss for the park, which has been working to increase the number of hippos in recent decades after poaching and war reduced the population from over 20,000 to a few ...

USA TODAY reached out to Virunga National Park for comment. Photos shared by the park show the hippos lifeless in the water. Some readers may find the images below disturbing. According to the ...

With fewer than 2,500 pygmy hippos remaining in the wild, Poppy’s birth is a valuable boost to the species' population. A baby pygmy hippo, named Poppy, made her first appearance outdoors at ...

At least 50 hippos and other large animals have been killed by anthrax poisoning in eastern Congo's Virunga National Park and have been spotted floating along a major river that feeds one of ...

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At least 50 hippos have been killed by anthrax poisoning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The lifeless mammals were seen by park rangers floating down a river south of Lake Edward ...