Bogota, Colombia
Colombian officers on Monday licensed a plan to cull dozens of hippos roaming freely by way of a area within the middle of the nation, the place they threaten villagers and displace native species years after infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar introduced within the first ones.
Setting Minister Irene Vélez mentioned earlier strategies to regulate their inhabitants have been costly and unsuccessful, together with neutering a number of the animals or transferring them to zoos. Vélez mentioned as much as 80 hippos can be affected by the measure. She didn’t say when searching would start.
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