Colombia to bring Pablo Escobar’s hippos to Mexico | video
- March 3, 2023
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group of 70 hippos they will be transferred from Colombia to the natural reserves of India and Mexico, said the governor of the department of Antioquia, Anibal Gaviria
group of 70 hippos they will be transferred from Colombia to the natural reserves of India and Mexico, said the governor of the department of Antioquia, Anibal Gaviria Correa.
The first four mammals were introduced in 1981 to Colombia for drug dealer Pablo Escobar, but they were released in Antioquia after his death in 1993, and there are currently about 70 specimens that endanger native species.
“Hippos arrived in Antioquia as part of an outlandish whim of drug dealers. It wasn’t their territory or their natural environment, but they adapted.”
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Anibal Gaviria indicated on his Twitter account that the Ostok Nature Reserve International Foundation had expressed interest in moving 70 specimens to India and Mexico. At first it was proposed to “eliminate” mammalsbut local self-government took over.
The local president explained that 60 copies will be sent to India and 10 left, to Mexico. “They will make a fantastic trip to new homes,” he said.
Pablo Escobar brought from the American zoo in three women and one man as part of his private collection at Hacienda Nápoleswho later escaped their imprisonment by dispersing on their own.
The Ostok Sanctuary International Foundation has expressed interest in relocating a group of 70 hippos from Puerto Triunfo to nature reserves in India and Mexico. Because WE ARE FRIENDS TO ANIMALS, in our government we accompany this process. LIFE FIRST
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— Anibal Gaviria Correa (@anibalgaviria) March 2, 2023
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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