The Trust’s Kaluku Field H.Q. is 3 kms. from the Athi River, which is home to numerous wild hippos, so hopefully, in the fullness of time, Humpty will learn to fraternise with them and eventually, once weaned off milk, will join them with the ability to return home to her favoured pond whenever she feels like doing so.



Due to the nature of hippos Humpty has nostrils as well as a valve in her throat which automatically shuts to block any water, (or milk for that matter) getting into her lungs, so she only drinks when she feels like it, which made the first few days difficult but she now loves her milk and is eager to feed! Her days are spent in her pool, or resting up on her beach in the sun, attended by her Keeper, Joseph, but she still walks in an out of Frans’s house, ever eager for his company. She is extremely loving, relishing close contact with those she knows and loves, and is thriving at Kaluku, blissful in her new home with all the creature comforts she could wish for. Safe to say, our little orphan Humpty is an exceptionally spoilt and lucky little baby hippo, thanks to all those who sought to overcome numerous challenges in order to save her.