WI: "American Hippo Bill" Gets Passed

As soon as the body count starts to rise I see the great experiment coming to an end in a hurry.

If that isn't until the 1930s I imagine that there would be a period where hippo stew and the like is a staple of school meals, soup kitchens and various institutions, at least in the southern states. May as well kill two birds with one stone after all.

You can get Hippo leather in Southern Africa. It’s very strong (like elephant leather) and good for belts.

A quick bit of googling produced a picture of a hippo leather ammo belt, with is of interest given that there's two world wars after 1910. There were also examples of hippo leather boots.
 

Dolan

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Hippo infestation around southern parts of United States, Mexico, and Central America.

Pack of Hippos end up terrorizing the populance.
 
One of the effects of The Change actually comes to pass. Could well of seen earlier llama ranching in the US. Raising Emu for meat and leather. Eventually they will get into the wild and establish a breeding population. Then some bright spark gets the idea of importing something to eat Kudzu
 
In a swamp already infested with alligators, the added danger to humans might not be the worst impact. But I can see them quickly developing an appetite for sugar cane.

At least no one's going to get a baby hippo as a pet and then flush it down the toilet.
 
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