Fear engulfs fishermen as Naivasha hippo attacks increase

A fisherman recuperates at Naivasha sub-county hospital after he was attacked by a hippo while fishing in Lake Naivasha. Doctors in the facility had to amputate both legs to save his life noting that they were damaged beyond repair. [File, Standard]

Fishermen in Lake Naivasha have renewed their calls to the Ministry of Wildlife of Tourism to either cull or relocate the rising numbers of hippos in the water body.

This is after a foot fisherman was attacked and killed by a hippo near Kihoto estate while on a fishing mission as his colleagues watched in horror.