Invasive hippo population crisis in Colombia
The developments in this story so far, most recent first.
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Baby "cocaine hippo" linked to infamous drug lord is rescued in Colombia
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The Colombian government approved a plan to cull approximately 80 hippos after sterilization attempts failed.
Following the failure of sterilization attempts, the Colombian government approved a plan to cull approximately 80 hippos.
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The hippo colony settled along the Magdalena River following the death of Pablo Escobar.
Following the death of the Medellin cartel leader Pablo Escobar in 1993, the hippopotamus colony settled along the banks of the Magdalena River.
The population descended from a group brought to South America by Escobar, who had imported four hippos in the 1980s for his private zoo at the Hacienda Napoles estate.
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Pablo Escobar imported four hippos to his private zoo at Hacienda Napoles.
In the 1980s, the slain cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar imported four hippos to his private zoo located at the Hacienda Napoles estate.