Lucy Truelson, Elephant Trail Project Officer at Werribee, highlighted the emotional significance of the move. The new 21-hectare enclosure, funded by the Victorian Government, cost €53 million.

BANGKOK (SCMP): Thailand has dismissed as outdated, animal rights group Peta’s accusations that an internet-famous female baby pygmy hippo “faces a lifetime of confinement” at a local zoo ...

The hippo calf was named “Poppy” after a public poll that received over 116,000 votes from 165 countries. Poppy won with 52.8 percent of the vote. Baby Pygmy Hippo Makes a Splash With Mom in ...

Luckily, the team at Zoos Victoria had planned for the growing elephant clan, with the construction of a ginormous, world-class habitat at Werribee Open Range Zoo. It's been a long time coming ...