Colombia sterilises first Pablo Escobar hippo. Now it has to find 37 more (2 Viewers)

[kennethwfd]

Colombia on Tuesday began the sterilization of hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s.

Two male hippos and one female underwent surgical sterilization, environmental authorities said. It is part of a larger government effort to control the population of more than 100 of the mammals that roam around unsupervised in some rivers.

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[THE_FERN]

I think they taste ok? Wouldn't that be easier?

 

[MiddleRiver]

Horribly invasive and should be culled.

 

[Farnboro John]

Horribly invasive and should be culled.

True but apparently some of the locals like them. In a country like Colombia where extreme violence has a recent legacy, best to use slightly longer term methods acceptable to the local populace. So the extant hippos live out their lives but do not perpetuate the colony. Works for me....

John

 

[MiddleRiver]

True but apparently some of the locals like them. In a country like Colombia where extreme violence has a recent legacy, best to use slightly longer term methods acceptable to the local populace. So the extant hippos live out their lives but do not perpetuate the colony. Works for me....

John

Indeed... one more part of twisted legacy of the drug trade.