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At least 50 hippos and other large animals have been killed by anthrax poisoning in Africa's oldest national park, its director has said.

Offspring of hippos illegally imported to Colombia by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar are thriving in the lush area, and experts are warning of the dangers they pose.

But for a few hours a day, the 4-month-old pygmy hippo springs to life, gumming on leaves, zooming around the compound and tossing her head in a silent, open-mouthed roar.

A baby pygmy hippo named Moo Deng has become a huge internet star.

He added that the zoo's pygmy hippo house would now be closed for a month due to the first 30 days after birth being "critical" for Haggis' development.