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environment1 year ago

Pablo Escobar's Hippos Pose Growing Threat in Colombia

Descendants of hippos illegally imported to Colombia by Pablo Escobar in the 1980s have multiplied and started attacking people, posing a threat to the ecosystem. The Colombian government has initiated a plan to control the population, including sterilization, transfer to other countries, and possibly euthanasia. The hippos, which originated from Escobar's private zoo, have no natural predators in Colombia and have become an invasive species. The government estimates there are 169 hippos in Colombia, with the potential to reach 1,000 by 2035 if no action is taken.

via Daily Mail|
#colombia#environment#environmental-impact
tragedy2 years ago

Hippo capsizes boat in Malawi, leaving one dead and 23 missing.

A one-year-old child died and 23 people were missing and feared dead after a hippopotamus charged into and capsized a canoe on the Shire River in southern Malawi. Malawian police rescued 13 people, and the search mission to locate the missing individuals is currently underway. Boat accidents are common in Malawi, where the lack of regular water transport forces many to cross lakes and rivers in sometimes-rickety boats, in the absence of regulations.

via Al Jazeera English|
#boat-accident#hippopotamus#malawi
tragedy2 years ago

Hippo capsizes boat in Malawi, leaving one dead and 23 missing

A 1-year-old child died and 23 people are missing and feared dead after a hippopotamus charged into and capsized a canoe carrying 37 people across the Shire River in southern Malawi. Malawian police rescued 13 with the help of World Food Program personnel who were working in the area and provided boats for the rescue operation. The people were feared dead because the search had been going on for more than 24 hours. Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera sent Minister of Water and Sanitation Abida Mia to the scene.

via ABC News|
#canoe#hippopotamus#malawi
adventure2 years ago

Survivor shares advice after being swallowed by hippopotamus.

In 1996, Paul Temper, a safari guide in Zimbabwe, was leading a group down the Zambezi river when a hippo swallowed him up to his waist. He managed to escape after being briefly grabbed again by the hippo and was later rescued by one of the apprentice guides. His lung was punctured, and he had to have one of his arms amputated. Unfortunately, the guide he was trying to rescue did not survive.

via Boing Boing|
#adventure#hippopotamus#safari
odd-news2 years ago

Pablo Escobar's 'Cocaine Hippo' Killed in Car Accident in Colombia

A hippopotamus descended from Pablo Escobar's brood of animals was killed in an SUV collision on a highway near the Colombian narcoterrorist's estate. The hippo was one of over 130 offspring of four creatures that escaped after Escobar brought them to his hacienda in the 1980s. The hippos are considered an invasive species and were declared as such by the Colombian government last year.

via The Daily Beast|
#colombia#hippopotamus#invasive-species
environment2 years ago

Colombia's "Cocaine Hippo" Problem Highlighted After Fatal Road Accident.

Colombia's first hippopotamus-caused road traffic accident has prompted calls for action on the invasive species, descendants of four animals imported from Africa by drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s. With no predators in the Colombian countryside, the hippo population has multiplied into a plague of 150, becoming a threat to local people and a headache for Colombia's environment ministry. Ecologists warn that they must be culled before they cause more irreversible damage to the delicate ecosystem of the Magdalena river or cause their first human fatality.

via The Guardian|
#animal-welfare#colombia#environment
environment2 years ago

Escobar's hippo dies in Colombian highway accident.

A hippopotamus descended from animals illegally brought to Colombia by the late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar has died in a collision with an SUV on a highway near Escobar’s hacienda. The hippos, which spread from the estate into nearby rivers and now number more than 100, have no natural predators in Colombia and have been declared an invasive species that could upset the ecosystem. Colombia has proposed transferring at least 70 of the animals to India and Mexico to control their population.

via The Associated Press|
#colombia#ecosystem#environment
odd-news2 years ago

Infamous 'Cocaine Hippo' Pablo Escobar Killed in Colombia.

One of Pablo Escobar's "cocaine hippos" was hit and killed by a car on the Bogota-Medellin highway in Colombia. The hippos were originally smuggled by Escobar to his estate in the 1980s and have since flourished and spread beyond the area, with about 150 now in the region. The hippos were declared an invasive species in 2022 due to their large amount of urine and feces, which could pollute rivers and threaten native species. The Colombian government has dedicated $3.5 million to capture and transfer 70 of the hippos to sanctuaries in Mexico and India.

via New York Post |
#animal-accidents#colombia#hippopotamus