US EditionInternational News: Colombia Approves Plan to Euthanize Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’
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The drug lord smuggled four hippos into Colombia in 1981 and since then, their numbers have skyrocketed - Colombia now has to... get rid of them
They were "only" four. Escaped from the personal zoo of the drug baron, at its fall in 1993, the hippopotamus went to nearly 200 people today. By 2035, they could be a thousand. An ecological time bomb against which the government will "at last" act.
Colombia plans to kill Pablo Escobar's "cocaine hippos" over threat to ecosystem Authorities plan to kill up to 80 of the animals to control the invasive species. Scientists predict the number of animals will increase to 1,400 in ten years.
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International News: Colombia approves plan to euthanize Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’
By Zoila Palma: Colombian officials have authorized a plan to euthanize dozens of invasive hippos roaming freely in the country’s central region, descendants of animals introduced by drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, CBS reports. Environment Minister Irene Vélez said up to 80 hippos could be affected as the government seeks to control a growing population that threatens communities and ecosystems. Officials say previous efforts to manage th…
The cost of their euthanasia to the ecocide, as well as the cost of taking them to their habitat, exceeds 10 million dollars. Here those responsible. The article To whom do we pass the bill of collection of the hippos of Escobar? Legacy of eccentricity was originally published in Las2orillas.co: Stories, voices and news of Colombia. Copyrights Las2orillas.co
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