Colombia to cull up to 80 hippos descended from Pablo Escobar zoo

Dozens of feral pachyderms linked to drug kingpin to be killed because of threat to native species and villagers Colombian officials have authorized a plan to cull dozens of hippos descended from animals brought to the country in the 1980s by Pablo Escobar, after the feral beasts displaced native species and threatened local villagers. The environment minister, Irene Vélez, said the decision was reached because other methods to control their population had been expensive and unsuccessful, inc...

By Associated Press in Bogotá

Colombia to cull hippo population founded by drug lord

Introduced by Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, the hippos are a tourist attraction but a headache for authorities and locals.

80 wild hippos linked to Pablo Escobar will be ‘culled’ despite outcry

Colombia is the only country outside of Africa with a wild hippo population

By Manuel Rueda

Colombia authorizes the use of euthanasia to stop the spread of Pablo Escobar’s hippos

The Ministry of Environment explains that no country agreed to take in the invasive species, which arrived in 1981 at the hands of the drug lord

By Lucas Reynoso

Colombia to control hippo population through euthanasia - The Straits Times

Colombia to control hippo population through euthanasia  The Straits Times