Mini hippo Toni has arrived in her new home at the French city of Mulhouse after moving from Germany.
“The move went without any issues and in a very relaxed manner,” the Berlin Zoo, his former home, said in an Instagram post on Wednesday.
The Instagram post also included a goodbye to Toni, which was posted in French: Toni, nous t’aimons, meaning “Toni, we love you!”
In Mulhouse, Toni will live in the newly-built area for pygmy hippos, a Berlin Zoo spokesperson said, with another hippo named Voobadee moving in shortly before Toni’s arrival.
The hope is for the two to have offspring in the coming two years.
Fans said auf Wiedersehen to Toni in Berlin earlier this month
August 24 was the last day on which visitors were able to visit Toni in the German capital, with many appearing to bid their farewell to the beloved hippo.
Toni’s popularity comes from a video posted by the Berlin Zoo after Toni’s birth, which quickly went viral, with some 20,000 different names being suggested for the little hippo.
Eventually, her name was given to her by her high-profile sponsor, Germany international and Real Madrid star Antonio Rüdiger.
Pygmy hippos, native to West Africa, are on the red list of endangered species with less than 2,500 remaining in the wild, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), a Switzerland-based nature conservancy.
Edited by: Wesley Dockery
