Gombe farmers battle losses over brutal invasion by hippos

Sunday PUNCH learnt that their invasion of people’s farms during the dry season farming, which spanned from November to March, was because grasses tend to dry up in the wild, due to reduced rainfall. Thus, the hippos, in their search for food, migrate to and feast on readily available greens, which sometimes are people’s farms.

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