Conservationists have discovered that the pygmy hippopotamus, currently classified as Endangered, is surviving in Liberia following two civil wars and devastating habitat degradation.
Led by Dr Ben Collen of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and comprising a team from ZSL, Flora and Fauna International (FFI) and Liberia’s Forestry Development Agency (FDA), the team undertook extensive monitoring of Sapo National Park in Liberia to find the endangered pygmy hippopotamus, one of the most elusive and secretive large mammals on the planet.