Zorro the hippo has died, the City of Cape Town City said on Tuesday.
Zorro became famous after escaping from a nature reserve in 2009 — after being attacked by his father — and making a temporary home at the Strandfontein sewage works. After an 18-month stay he was captured and taken to Fairy Glen Reserve.
In a statement on Tuesday, the City of Cape Town said that he was attacked by a white rhinoceros bull at the reserve, near Worcester.