Almost daily since Riverbanks Zoo opened in 1974, keepers entering the hippo barn were greeted by Montgomery’s happy hello — an ear-splittingly loud honk, followed by a grunt, capped by a ...

Columbia (WLTX) -- Riverbanks Zoo and Garden officials announced Wednesday that Montgomery the Hippo, one of the zoo's original animals, was humanely euthanized Tuesday.

Almost daily since Riverbanks Zoo opened in 1974, keepers entering the hippo barn were greeted by Montgomery's happy hello – an ear-splitting honk, followed by a grunt, capped by a snort.

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A hippopotamus that was one of the first animals at Columbia’s Riverbanks Zoo and Garden has died. Zoo officials said Wednesday that Montgomery the hippo had several chronic ...

Riverbanks Zoo & Garden was named the seventh best zoo in North America, ... made famous by Fiona the hippo. The Columbia zoo is far from a new guest on the newspaper’s readers’ choice awards ...

Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia SC opened 50 years ago as a collaboration between Lexington, Richland counties. The future holds an expansion along Saluda River.