Colombia to cull as much as 80 hippos linked to drug lord Pablo Escobar | Wildlife Information

Launched by Pablo Escobar within the Nineties, the hippos are a vacationer attraction however a headache for authorities and locals.

Colombia has authorised plans to cull dozens of hippos roaming throughout a area within the centre of the nation.

Setting Minister Irene Velez introduced the choice on Monday, with as much as 80 of the invasive species to be euthanised after earlier makes an attempt to regulate the inhabitants proved too costly or ineffective.