Friday, 22 April 2022

Wildlife

Hippo Plague

Offspring of the four hippopotamuses brought into Colombia during the 1980s by the late drug cartel boss Pablo Escobar have increased in such numbers that the country has declared them an invasive species.

About 133 descendants of the three animals that allegedly escaped into the wild are now ravaging the ecology and threatening the human population along the banks of the Magdalena River. The new invasive species declaration means Colombia can draft plans to control the hippo population, or even eradicate them.



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