{"id":126470,"date":"2025-09-07T11:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/126470\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T11:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:42:11","slug":"hippopotamus-capsizes-boat-in-ivory-coast-11-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/126470\/","title":{"rendered":"Hippopotamus capsizes boat in Ivory Coast, 11 missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-290584\" class=\"size-full wp-image-290584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Hippopotamus-capsizes-boat-in-Ivory-Coast-11-missing-scaled-e1757210307477.jpg\" alt=\"Hippopotamus capsizes boat in Ivory Coast, 11 missing\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-290584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE PHOTO\/Agence France-Presse<\/p>\n<p>ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast \u2014 Eleven people including children were missing after a hippopotamus capsized their boat in southwestern Ivory Coast, a government official said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The West African nation\u2019s minister for national cohesion and solidarity, Myss Belmonde Dogo, said on her Facebook page that the missing included women, little girls and a baby.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tArticle continues after this advertisement<\/p>\n<p>She said the hippopotamus tipped the narrow, canoe-like boat over on Friday, as it was motoring along the Sassandra River near the town of Buyo.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1983845\/endangered-pygmy-hippo-goes-viral-from-thai-zoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Endangered pygmy hippo\u00a0goes viral from Thai zoo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Three people survived the incident and were rescued, and \u201ca search is ongoing in the hope of finding the missing victims\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n<p>A 2022 study by Ivory Coast university researchers found that hippopotamuses were the species most mentioned in interactions with humans that caused deaths or injury in the country.<\/p>\n<p>There are an estimated 500 hippos in Ivory Coast, distributed among the various rivers in country\u2019s south, mainly the Sassandra and the Bandama water courses.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues after this advertisement\t\t  <\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnation.inquirer.net\/233074\/he-hippo-in-japan-zoo-turns-out-to-be-a-she\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">He hippo in Japan zoo turns out to be a she<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boat accidents are fairly common in the country, as handcrafted longboats are used to navigate between waterside communities, and are frequently overloaded with passengers and goods.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tArticle continues after this advertisement<\/p>\n<p>In April, a dozen children and adolescents drowned when the boat they were on capsized in a lagoon near the principal city of Abidjan. \/dl<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n          &#13;<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n                          Your subscription could not be saved. 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