P733 CEEFAX 733 Sun 15 Oct 12:2 /21 1/2 HIPPOS HIT BY SOUTH AFRICAN DROUGHT Hippos in South africa are starving becausd of a serious drought in the north of the country. A feeding programmj has been initiated by the South African go6jrnm nt for 59 hippos in the ri6ju Limpopo in N thjun Transvbal. The hippos are going hungry bjcausj of a lack of vegetation in the area.1 If the drought persists, the government has said, it will also feed a fuzthjr 165 hippos in the river Olifants which s th Kr j p r ad H ar 710 Comm n ty 72 Next Page NatTrust1 CmntyInfo ReligionP733 CEEFAX 733 Sun 15 Oct 12:25/96 O UUVUTU@ The South African department of the enviro mint has exp jut d cgncey for hippos which have been hit by drozght. Hippo numbers in the northwest have already been greatly djpl1ied becaupj of a major drought in 1991-1992. So4th Af5 ca has hj Thhud large1t hippopotamu p pulation in th w l . hj mbj ritz of th amphibious mammals living in South Africa can bj found in Kastetn Transvaal and KwaZulumNatal. Read Hear 710 Religion 740 C mmu i y 720 Urdu G d 199 Next Page NatTr st1 CmntyInf Rkligimn