JOHANNESBURG — A hefty hippo chased away from his herd at a South African game reserve has found a refreshing place to relax: the lodge’s swimming pool. Now it’s stuck there.

Hippo chased away from herd in game reserve, ends up in conservation lodge's swimming pool; Crane needed to lift him out ...

MODIMOLLE, South Africa — A hippo who wandered into a swimming pool at a South African game lodge three days ago died Friday before a rescue team could pull him out with a crane, a cruel blow to ...

A hefty hippo chased away from his herd at a South African game reserve has found a refreshing place to relax: the lodge's swimming pool. Now it's stuck there.

JOHANNESBURG — A hefty hippo chased away from his herd at a South African game reserve has found a refreshing place to relax: the lodge’s swimming pool. Now it’s stuck there. The young ...

MODIMOLLE, South Africa — What started out as a day of hope for Solly the hippo turned to tragedy when rescuers were unable to save the 3-ton beast from the swimming pool he plunged into after ...

Solly the South African hippo had found sanctuary in a Limpopo game lodge's swimming pool after being forced from his pod by dominant males.

The swimming pool was big enough for the hippo to swim in and submerge himself in the water, but it had no steps and there was no way the animal could get out on his own.

After being bullied by his herd, a South African hippopotamus has found sanctuary in an eight-foot-deep swimming pool at the Monate Conservation Lodge.

MODIMOLLE, south africa — What started out as a day of hope for Solly the hippo turned to tragedy when rescuers were unable to save the 3-ton beast from the swimming pool he plunged into after ...

A family were left shocked after waking up to find a three-tonne hippo swimming in their pool. Brent Reed, 47, said the giant male was discovered by a night watchman in the garden of his home in ...

The hippo – which is one of the world's most dangerous animals – seemed in no hurry to leave the family’s two-metre-deep pool and eventually climbed out after seeing in the new year.