Rescued hippo Bampi finds a new best friend in elephant Vangala
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- Bampi, a young hippopotamus rescued in Kenya, is being cared for by the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust until he is strong enough to return to the wild.
- He has formed an inseparable bond with Vangala, an elephant rescued as a week-old calf in Tsavo East National Park.
- The two animals now live together at the organisation’s Kaluku orphanage near Tsavo East National Park.
Bampi, a rescued baby hippopotamus in Kenya, has found an unlikely companion in Vangala, a young elephant.
The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust took responsibility for Bampi after the Kenya Wildlife Service rescued him in Naivasha. The organisation is caring for him at its Kaluku orphanage, near Tsavo East National Park, until he becomes strong enough to return to the wild.
Vangala was also rescued. She was only a week old when she was found in Tsavo East National Park and moved to safety. The trust named her after the plains where she was discovered and says she grows stronger each day.
Experts note that hippos and elephants generally have little in common. But Bampi and Vangala have formed such a close attachment that they have become inseparable.
No one apparently told Bampi and Vangala that.
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Originally published by N1 Serbia in Serbian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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