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"What's cool about this is that she'll forever be 10 years old ... and Mathilda, however old she was, she's back with us." ...
The OKC Zoo dedicates its new bronze art installation "Gayla’s Hippo Hero," which celebrates the connection between the zoo ...
The Oklahoma City Zoo unveiled a statue commemorating Gayla Peevey, the singer behind “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas,” ...
An Oklahoma Christmas music legend is getting some permanent recognition, as the OKC Zoo is honoring Gayla Peevey with a statue of her and her beloved Christmas gift.
The Oklahoma City Zoo got one today! A bronze statue of a hippo that is. It’s to celebrate the iconic Christmas song sung by Oklahoman, Gayla Peevey. The statue of Matilda the hippo and Gayla Peevey ...
Oklahoma City native Gayla Peevey speaks about her iconic Christmas song and decades-long bond with the OKC Zoo as a statue is to be unveiled in her honor.
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Oklahoma City Zoo will unveil a new statue honoring Gayla Peavey, the local singer behind "I Want a Hippopotamus for ...
All a cute, curly haired 10-year-old girl named Gayla Peevey wanted for Christmas in 1953 was a hippopotamus.
On Dec. 9, just two weeks before Christmas, a baby pygmy hippo was born at the zoo in Richmond, Virginia. Now, you can vote to help decide her name.
"Most people don’t get a hippopotamus for Christmas at all," the zoo announced in their press release, referencing Gayla Peevey 's popular 1985 holiday hit, "so we feel lucky to have received ...
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