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     Imported ‘Cocaine Hippos’ Running Wild In Colombia | TODAY

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     Pablo Escobar's hippos keep multiplying and Colombia doesn't know how to stop it

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     How this drug lord created a hippo problem in Colombia

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2. www.youtube.com › watchColombian officials search for solution to Pablo Escobar hippos

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   Environmental officials in Colombia are considering a new plan to handle the herd of hippos born from Pablo Escboar's infamous estate. Manuel Bojorquez repor...

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   In the early 1980’s Pablo Escobar, the richest criminal in the world, imported four hippos to Colombia in South America, and today, this invasive species is ...

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4. apnews.com › article › colombia-hippopotamusesColombia will try to control invasive hippo population ...

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   Nov 3, 2023 · Authorities estimate there are 169 hippos in Colombia, especially in the Magdalena River basin, and that if no measures are taken, there could be 1,000 by 2035. Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said the first stage of the plan will be the surgical sterilization of 40 hippos per year and this will begin next week.

5. www.smithsonianmag.com › science-nature › pabloPablo Escobar’s Abandoned Hippos Are Wreaking Havoc in the ...

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   A hippo in the Magdalena River, Colombia’s longest waterway, where the descendants of Escobar’s menagerie are increasingly taking up residence, threatening plant and animal life.

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6. www.bbc.co.uk › news › 67306304Pablo Escobar's feral hippos face cull in Colombia - BBC News

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   Nov 3, 2023 · Colombia is to cull some of the 166 hippos descended from a herd owned by drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s. Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said that 20 would be sterilised, others would ...

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7. www.bbc.com › news › world-latin-america-56011594Pablo Escobar: Why scientists want to kill Colombia's hippos

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   "The hippos are spreading across Colombia's biggest river basin, from which many thousands of people make their living," the biologist said. "There have been sightings of hippos as far as 370km ...

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   How many hippos are there in Colombia?

   • Authorities estimate there are 169 hippos in Colombia, especially in the Magdalena River basin, and that if no measures are taken, there could be 1,000 by 2035. Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said the first stage of the plan will be the surgical sterilization of 40 hippos per year and this will begin next week.

   Colombia will try to control invasive hippo population through

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   Are hippos a problem in Colombia?

   • Isabel Romero, who runs a nonprofit that breeds endangered river tortoises on the Claro Cocorná Sur River, recently opened a hippo-viewing concession, offering lunch and a boat ride to the Magdalena for about $100. It’s doing a brisk business among both Colombian and foreign tourists. The hippos are a menace—and a source of tourist income.

   Pablo Escobar’s Abandoned Hippos Are Wreaking Havoc in the Colombi…

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   Will Colombia control hippopotamuses?

   • More than half the world’s population sees AP journalism every day. Colombia will try to control its population of more than 100 hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, through surgical sterilization, the transfer of hippos to other countries and possibly euthanasia.

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   How many Hippo euthanised in Colombia?

   • Colombia is to cull some of the 166 hippos descended from a herd owned by drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s. Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said that 20 would be sterilised, others would be transferred abroad - and "some" would be euthanised. Experts have for years tried to control the hippo numbers.

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   Are hippos spreading across Colombia's biggest river basin?

   • "The hippos are spreading across Colombia's biggest river basin, from which many thousands of people make their living," the biologist said. "There have been sightings of hippos as far as 370km from Hacienda Napoles." This is not the first group of scientists to call for a cull.

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   What happened to 'cocaine hippos' in Colombia?

   • The drug baron brought a small number of the African beasts to Colombia in the late 1980s. But after his death in 1993, the so-called "cocaine hippos" were left to roam freely and environmental authorities have been helpless to curb their numbers.

   As Pablo Escobar's "cocaine hippos" keep multiplying, Colombia plans

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9. www.cbsnews.com › news › cocaine-hippos-pabloAs Pablo Escobar's "cocaine hippos" keep ... - CBS News

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   Nov 3, 2023 · Colombia's hippo population problems . ... Authorities estimate there are 169 hippos in Colombia, especially in the Magdalena River basin, and that if no measures are taken, there could be 1,000 ...