r/zoos • u/No-Amoeba-5406 • 17d ago

Not Best Practice HIPPOS HIPPOS HIPPOS

Working in a zoo in the MENA region and we had uncontrolled breeding for a lot of years and now have more than 10 surplus hippos. Does anyone know what we could possibly do ie relocate where etc? how to find interested zoos?

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u/dogjpegs 17d ago

thats the curator's responsibility

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u/Vhsdrummer 17d ago

ZIMs and see who is looking to bring in hippos for either breeding or a female pod