Longleat says it previously kept two hippos for nearly five decades until they died of old age.
Plans to bring hippopotamuses back to a safari park have progressed after a planning application for a “new modern hippo house” was submitted.
The park had previously kept two hippos for almost five decades, but Sonia and Spot both recently died at the ages of 49.Dearadh ZuThe application said; "At the time of their original introduction to Longleat, in 1976, hippos were abundant in their sub-Saharan African home.
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