Colombia approves plan to cull dozens of hippos linked to Pablo Escobar

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Colombian officials have authorized a controversial plan to cull dozens of hippos roaming freely around one of the country’s most fertile areas, threatening villagers and displacing local species.

The animals are not native to South America.

They are descendants of four animals brought to the country in the 1980s by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar, as he built a private zoo in Hacienda Nápoles, a gigantic ranch in the Magdalena River valley with a private landing strip that served as Escobar’s rural abode.

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