The World’s Only Wild Hippos Outside Africa Are Dividing a Nation

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The Colombian government's plan calls for the controlled culling of hippos descended from Pablo Escobar to curb their rapid population growth and mitigate environmental impacts, risks to the population, and damage to local biodiversity. It is estimated that there are 200 wild hippos in Colombia — Photo: AFP via Getty Images. The four hippos that drug lord Pablo Escobar brought to Colombia in the 1980s gave rise to a population that now poses a s…