Escaped Hippo

Who: A 2-ton hippo

What: The Hippo escaped from the zoo and authorities want to kill it.

Where: A private zoo in Montenegro

When: January 14,2010

Why: The hippo escaped from the zoo because there was a bad storm that flooded the zoo. The hippos tank overflowed and it was able to swim over the top of the tank. Authorities want to put the hippo to sleep because the hippo is the third largest land animal in Africa and they are very fast, smart, and extremely territorial.

Opinion:

I think that the article is very interesting. First of all the way the hippo escaped sows how smart these animals are. In addition, I don't think that they should put this animal to sleep. One reason I believe this is because if the animal is in the zoo it is probably tamed and not as dangerous. My opinion is that they should capture the animal and return him to the zoo when the water levels have gone down.