Thatcher coup plot latest: Hippo on the run in South Africa

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The hippo has sought refuge in wetlands near a residential area
A young hippopotamus has escaped from a nature reserve near Cape Town in South Africa.

Fearful of attacks, authorities have warned residents not to confront the hippo, who broke free after thieves destroyed a perimeter fence.

"If aggravated, hippos can be really dangerous," said Clifford Dorse of the Rondevlei Nature Reserve.

The hippo has sought refuge in the Zeekoevlei wetland area of the Cape Flats, near a residential area. Spotted twice this week, the two-year-old calf was being bullied by a dominant male, Reuters news agency reports.
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SA beauty queen mauled by hippo


Ms Tilden-Davis was Miss South Africa 1991
A South African beauty queen is being treated in hospital after being attacked by a hippo in Botswana.
Diana Tilden-Davis was bitten in the leg while on a canoeing holiday in the Okavango swamp and is said to be in a stable condition in Johannesburg.

The runner-up in the Miss World competition in 1991 was attacked last Thursday while paddling in her canoe. It is the second reported hippo attack in the last month in that swamp, which is the country's top tourist spot.

Her husband Chris Kruger told the SAPA news agency: "She was going down a very narrow channel, when she bumped into the hippo.

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