In short, San Angeloâs Animal Shelter and its rescue groups cannot address â nor fix â the communityâs pet overpopulation. We need the publicâs help; we need more responsible pet ownership. Itâs time San Angelo did right by its pets and the community by stemming the proliferation of unwanted animals. Free viewers are required for some of the attached documents. They can be downloaded by clicking on the icons below.
The average weight of the hippopotamus male measures around 1.500 â 1.800 kg (3,300 â 4,000 lb). Males are slightly heavier as compared to females. However, females weigh around 1,300 â 1,500 kg (2,900 â 3,300 lb).
This social, group-living mammal is so numerous in some areas that cropping schemes are used to control populations that have become larger than the habitat can sustain. The other, much smaller (440 to 605 pounds) species of hippo is the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis).