A government agency has started sterilizing some of the hippos, but there is a debate on what are the safest methods. A hippo warning stands on the shore of a lagoon near Doral, Colombia, Wednesday, Feb. They are advocating for some of the animals to be killed. After his death in a 1993 shootout with authorities, the hippos were abandoned at the estate and left to thrive with no natural predators - their numbers have increased in the last eight years from 35 to somewhere between 65 and 80.Ī group of scientists has warned that the hippos pose a major threatto the area’s biodiversity and could lead to deadly encounters with humans.
The “cocaine hippos” are descendants of animals that Escobar illegally imported to his Colombian ranch in the 1980s when he reigned over the country’s drug trade. Dubbed 'the king of cocaine', Escobar is the wealthiest criminal in history, having amassed an estimated net worth of US30 billion by the time of his deathequivalent to 70 billion as of 2022while his drug cartel monopolized the cocaine trade into the United States in the 1980s and early 1990s. It may interest you: Hippos by Pablo Escobar, a threat to native species and strategic ecosystems in Colombia. It will be the Colombian authorities who decide what to do with the hippos and not the American ones,” said Camilo Burbano Cifuentes, a criminal law professor at the Universidad Externado de Colombia. “The ruling has no impact in Colombia because they only have an impact within their own territories. A herd of hippopotamuses once owned by the late Colombian drug baron Pablo. But the order won’t carry any weight in Colombia where the hippos live, a legal expert said. Pablo Escobar’s hippos: A growing problem. justice system to grant animals personhood status. The cocaine hippos are descendants of animals that Escobar illegally imported to his Colombian ranch in the 1980s when he reigned over the countrys drug trade. The case involves a lawsuit against the Colombian government over whether to kill or sterilize the hippos whose numbers are growing at a fast pace and pose a threat to biodiversity.Īn animal rights groups is hailing the order as a milestone victory in the long sought efforts to sway the U.S. At Pablo Escobar’s former hacienda, tourists are warned about the dangerous presence of an expanding. After his death in 1993, the hippos escaped to the wild where they thrived. But notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar brought four to the country as part of his private zoo. The offspring of hippos once owned by Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar can be recognized as people or “interested persons” with legal rights in the U.S. In Colombia, they’re an invasive specieshippos are native to Africa. In a historic court ruling, the hippos have been granted 'legal. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Pablo Escobars cocaine hippos have significantly reproduced and now there are about 120 hippos roaming freely around Colombia. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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