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Top French Court Studies Fate Of 'Europe's Largest' Hippo Jumbo

Children admire a pygmy hippopotamus at a French zoo in 1998 (Credit: AFP)

France's top administrative court is to decide if a three-tonne hippopotamus called Jumbo should be freed after decades working as "the largest hippo in Europe" for a family circus.

The decision, which is expected in the coming weeks, is the culmination of a lengthy legal battle between an animal rights group and the Muller Circus.

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