Reader Digest Highlights Karen’s Book

Sep 23, 2016 | Karen's blog

Karen Paolillo’s book  “A HIPPO LOVE STORY” published by Penguin South Africa has been condensed by Readers Digest Australia. Have a look at the illustrious company, it shares the front cover with ! Nice for the hippos to be alongside the future King of...
Wonder Women Save Wild Baboon

Wonder Women Save Wild Baboon

May 4, 2016 | Karen's blog

With the agreement of Laura Simpson (the author of the lines below), here is a reprint of a wonderful post published by Care2 on their blog. Visit our friends at  and the original post is here. We already knew Karen has a passion for hippos but reality is even greater...
Kids from Southwell Shool (NZ) adopted 3 Hippos

Kids from Southwell Shool (NZ) adopted 3 Hippos

Apr 15, 2016 | Karen's blog

The Turgwe Hippo Trust have had very special help this April from 18 children aged 6 to 7 years. They are in class 2 at Southwell School, in Hamilton, New Zealand. These 7 little girls and 11 little boys had a bake off and they have raised enough monies to help 3...
Africa Geographic : Hooray for hippos

Africa Geographic : Hooray for hippos

Feb 12, 2016 | Karen's blog

Africa Geographic just published an awesome post about hippos on the blog. Please visit urgently their blog at this address We are rebloging their first page, mentioning Karen and her passion for saving hippos in the Turgwe River.     Like many large mammals...
Urgent Need for Help : Severe Drought

Urgent Need for Help : Severe Drought

Feb 4, 2016 | Karen's blog

Dear Friends We are in a state of emergency as our rains appear to have failed. Normally our rains begin middle of November and finish by late April. To date we have only had six days where we had rain with a total of just over 5 inches (125mm). We need your help, any...
Africa Geographic : The hippos in the drought

Africa Geographic : The hippos in the drought

Jan 5, 2016 | Karen's blog

  Africa Geographic has just released a new post on their blog. Their original post is published at AfricaGeographic.com/blog/the-hippos-in-the-drought. The post was written by Karen.   I have lived through two droughts in the south-east Lowveld of Zimbabwe,...

Special Donation for A Stay at Hippo Haven

Oct 26, 2015 | Karen's blog

Your endless generosity deserves to be rewarded, donate now and win a stay for two at Turgwe Hippo Trust. For a donation of US$100, 65GBP or 90Euro, two people will be able to stay at Turgwe Hippo Trust for ten nights between May and September 2016 (This does not...

Support Turgwe Hippo Trust Buying Karen’s Book

Aug 21, 2015 | Karen's blog

  Karen Paolillo’s book A HIPPO LOVE STORY is available here as a signed copy.   It can be also purchased at any Exclusive book store in South Africa or from Penguin Publishers South Africa direct. As well for Australian and New Zealand hippo...
It’s a Boy, Welcome to George !

It’s a Boy, Welcome to George !

Apr 4, 2015 | Blog, Karen's blog

It’s a BOY! This is GEORGE, our ROYAL baby Hippo. Named by Helen Capps of the UK, this little darling was born mid December and his Mother is Tacha and father Kuchek. So George is another little male to join the other calves in the boys’ band,  Banky and...
Turgwe Trust on IntrepidExplorer

Turgwe Trust on IntrepidExplorer

Feb 9, 2015 | Karen's blog

Karen Paolillo and the Turgwe Hippo Trust centre page spread in Intrepid Explorer magazine.(SA) Written by Rachel Arnold. Here is the article they wrote and you can also download the pdf file using the link at the bottom of the page. Enjoy reading. The full post in...
A Look Back 2014 at Turgwe Hippo Trust

A Look Back 2014 at Turgwe Hippo Trust

Dec 31, 2014 | Karen's blog

A big thank to Cinda who designed this beautiful look back what happened during 2014. This has been a great year for the hippos with two births. At the end of Cinda’s document, you will be able to participate to the naming of Tacha’s new baby, just born...