Published 2 years ago

Locals fret as Colombia to declare hippos invasive species

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Colombia's government plans to sign a document declaring the hippos an exotic invasive species. Among the strategies being debated are castration, sterilization or taking the lives of some hippopotamuses. Funeral arrangements have been announced for one of the eight people killed in last Sunday's plane crash in North Carolina.

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Locals fret as Colombia to declare hippos invasive species

People around Puerto Triunfo have grown accustomed to the herd of hippopotamuses descended from a few that were imported illegally from Africa in the 1980s by flamboyant drug lord Pablo Escobar, whose former ranch is nearby. Colombia's government plans to sign a document within weeks declaring the hippos an exotic invasive species.

2 years ago·Canada

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The Independent

Locals fret as Colombia to declare hippos invasive species

People around the Colombian town of Puerto Triunfo have grown accustomed to living near the herd of hippopotamuses descended from a few that were imported illegally from Africa in the 1980s by flamboyant drug lord Pablo Escobar

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Locals fret as Colombia to declare hippos invasive species

PUERTO TRIUNFO, Colombia (AP) — Álvaro Molina has had his run-ins with the burly bunch of neighbors with disreputable contacts who showed up about a decade ago along the river in front of his house in Colombia's Antioquia province.

2 years ago·United States

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abc News

Locals fret as Colombia to declare hippos invasive species

2 years ago·United States

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Irish Independent

Colombian government to declare hippos an invasive species

The Colombian government is planning to declare that a herd of hippopotamuses descended from animals imported illegally by drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s are an exotic invasive species.

2 years ago·Ireland

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