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Bogota, Apr 14 (EFE).- The Colombian government said Friday that it is considering a proposal to enlist hunters in the task of controlling the population of “cocaine hippos,” descendants of the four hippopotamuses late drug lord Pablo Escobar illegally imported in 1984 for the zoo he kept at his rural estate. The suggestion was made …
Escobar, a billionaire drug kingpin, illegally brought some hippos into Colombia to live in his private zoo in the 1980s. Thirty years after his death, the hippos descendants can be found living in rivers, roaming towns, and crossing roads.