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Hippo kills 12 cows in Kikuube district

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A hippopotamus has killed 12 cows and injured 20 others in Kikuube district. The hippo has been raiding Kyehoro lower and Kyehoro upper landing sites in Nkondo parish, Kabwoya sub-county for the past two weeks, the latest being on Thursday night. The hippo emerges from …

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Hippo kills two teenagers in Rakai district

Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two teenagers in Rakai district have died in a hippopotamus attack in Lake Kijjanebarola. The dead are Kaggwa Ssekiranda,16, and Godfrey Mugabi,17, both residents of Kirindamariga village in Lwanda sub-county. The two were fishing in Lake Kijjanebarola when the hippo attacked them. It is …

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UWA rangers kill stray hippo in Kasese

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA rangers have killed one of the seven stray hippopotami that have been terrorizing residents of Kanyangeya cell in Nyamwamba Division in Kasese Municipality. Kanyangeya cell is adjacent to River Nyamwaba.  The hippo that escaped from Queen Elizabeth national park has been staying …

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