Humane Society Sues Over Delayed Hippo Protection Decision

The US Fish and Wildlife Service faces an environmental advocacy group’s suit aiming to force a determination on whether the common hippopotamus should be protected under the Endangered Species Act.

The United States is the top global importer of hippo parts and products, playing an outsized role in harming the common hippo, Humane Society International said in a complaint filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. Undercover investigations by the Humane Society discovered a thriving market of hippo leather and ivory products for sale in brick-and-mortar stores in the United States, according to the complaint. ...