South African farmer Marius Els raised Humphrey the hippo 'like a son,' having taken him in when he was just 5 months old - but the hippo eventually turned on his owner. Marius, a dedicated animal ...

What do Travis Kelce, Pesto the Penguin, and Demi Moore's dog all have in common? They are easy Halloween costumes for pets. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

A South African farmer was reportedly mauled to death on Sunday by his pet hippo, which he had previously referred to as "like a son to me." Marius Els, who lived in the Free State province of South ...

A man in South Africa who rescued a baby hippo and raised it died after the animal mauled him several years later. For more than a decade, social media users have shared the story of a man in South ...

Humphrey the hippo was raised 'like a son' by South African farmer Marius Els, who had taken him in when he was just 5 months old - but ended up growing up and turning on his owner. The dedicated ...

What do Travis Kelce, Pesto the Penguin, and Demi Moore's dog all have in common? They are easy Halloween costumes for pets. Halloween is nearing, and it's time to start cementing costume ideas for ...

FREE STATE, SOUTH AFRICA - UNDATED: ***EXCLUSIVE***Marius Els with his pet hippo Humphrey at his farm in Free State, South Africa.In the wild west frontiersmen rode ...

Humphrey the hippo had been raised 'like a son' by farmer Marius Els since he was five months old. The devoted animal-lover, from South Africa, was so devoted to his unusual pet he even built him a ...