A South African farmer was reportedly mauled to death on Sunday by his pet hippo, which he had previously referred to as "like a son to me." Marius Els, who lived in the Free State province of South ...

Marius Els with his pet hippo Humphrey at his farm in Free State, South Africa. (Photo credit: Barcroft/Fame Pictures) A 40-year-old farmer in South Africa was killed by his beloved pet hippo, ...

A man who prided in his close friendship with a hippopotamus was killed when the 188-stone (1200kg) animal savagely attacked him. Jeffrey Wicks, a spokesman of South Africa’s Netcare 911 said that ...

“Humphrey the Hippo” was “like a son” to 40-year-old Marius Els, a South African farmer. Els adopted the dangerous beast when it was found as a calf. He raised it, nurtured it, and regularly went for ...

Humphrey the hippo was raised 'like a son' by farmer Marius Els from South Africa, who had taken him in when he was just five ...

Tragedy struck for a South African army major who was brutally mauled to death by his pet hippo, which he had raised from a baby and treated like a member of his family. Marius Els, 40, from the Free ...

FREE STATE, SOUTH AFRICA - UNDATED: ***EXCLUSIVE***Marius Els with his pet hippo Humphrey at his farm in Free State, South Africa.In the wild west frontiersmen rode ...

Marius Els was mauled to death by his 'pet' hippo, who he was filmed riding earlier this year [Photo: Barcroft Media via Getty Images] A man has been mauled to death by his pet hippo - who he ...