Today, on April 8, animal rights activists and wildlife lovers can join various events to celebrate Dwarf Hippo Day. The habitat of pygmy hippos is the forests and swamps of West Africa. These animals were first described in 1849. According to various estimates, there are only about two thousand dwarf hippos in the world today.
A small passenger plane with two people on board crashed on Sunday morning near the airfield of the Belgian city of Spa.