With inspiration from the song and the zoo's desire for a hippo, a fundraising campaign began, with schoolchildren pitching ...

An OKC native, Gayla Peevey was just 10 years old when she recorded the 1953 yuletide ditty and then helped her hometown zoo get its own hippo.

Gayla Peevey used the popularity of her hit "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" to help the OKC Zoo get its first hippo.

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