Survival+Status

The hippo is considered as vulnerable meaning that it could be endangered in the future. Most often they were hunted and killed for their tusks that ivory collectors want.[|ivory]

The population of the Nile hippo has decreased by 95% in recent years because of unregulated hunting for meat and ivory and loss of habitat where soil erosion and disappearance of certain grasses have occurred. Humans are moving into their natural habitats, using the water and changing the land. It was once common to see hippos throughout sub-Saharan African countries wherever there were signs of water, but now, although they are not yet endangered, these same animals have been listed as vulnerable with the possibility of becoming extinct.