Work to the new hippo house, which will eventually welcome a bull and females, will begin on Monday. David Leverett, Longleat's Development Director, said the park hoped to welcome hippos back at ...

Plans to build a new home for hippos at Longleat Safari Park have been approved. The Wiltshire attraction was home to female hippos Sonia and Spot for almost 50 years until their deaths in 2023 and ...

Work starts on Monday (February 10) with the aim of hippos being back living in Half Mile Pond by the side of Longleat House from early summer. Longleat was home to legendary female hippos Sonia and ...

Hippos are now expected to return to Longleat by the early summer [Longleat Safari Park] ...

Hippos will soon return to Longleat after Wiltshire Council has granted planning permission for the Safari Park to build a new state-of-the-art facility to house them. Work is due to start on Monday, ...