Coverage dated November 2, 2023

Colombia will try to control hippo population originally brought in by Pablo Escobar

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Colombia will try to control its population of more than 100 hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, through surgical sterilization, the transfer of hippos to other countries and possibly euthanasia.

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  1. NBC Los Angeles

    Colombia will try to control hippo population originally brought in by Pablo Escobar (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    Colombia will try to control its population of more than 100 hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, through surgical sterilization, the transfer of hippos to other countries and possibly euthanasia.

  2. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Colombia will try to control invasive hippo population through sterilization, transfer, euthanasia | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    Colombia will try to control invasive hippo population through sterilization, transfer, euthanasia

  3. The Garden Island

    Colombia to control invasive hippo population (opens The Garden Island)

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    BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia will try to control its population of more than 100 hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, through surgical sterilization, the transfer of hippos to other countries and possibly euthanasia, …

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