Two boys survive hippo encounter at zoo

Thursday, July 19, 2007

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Zoo plans to press charges against two teenage boys who allegedly climbed into the hippo exhibit and threw rocks at the two-ton mammals, zoo officials said.

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