To deal with invasive hippos that were brought to Colombia by drug lord Pablo Escobar and that threaten the country’s biodiversity the nation’s government is sterilizing, exporting and euthanizing the animals
Environment ministry launches programme that also includes exporting and euthanizing the animals, which threaten the country’s biodiversity. Environment ministry launches programme that also includes exporting and euthanizing the animals, which threaten the country’s biodiversity.
Researchers worry the Colombian environmental ministry will side with animal-rights activists rather than curb the spread of invasive hippos once kept by drug-cartel leader Pablo Escobar