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After one of hippos drug dealer Pablo Escobar died after being involved in an accident in which two people were injured, Prosecutor General’s Office Colombia He stated that
After one of hippos drug dealer Pablo Escobar died after being involved in an accident in which two people were injured, Prosecutor General’s Office Colombia He stated that he would strive to ensure that the species continued to be considered invasive in the country.
“It is essential to guarantee the control of an endangered species, not only ecosystems but also to people,” said lawyer Gustavo Adolfo Guerrero Ruiz.
In this regard, the Prosecutor General’s Office appealed to state council which mandates an optional public hearing, the place where experts on a given issue present their views to the judge in the case.
The collision occurred on the road leading to St. Medellin With Bogota, in the department Antioch, home to a large group of hippos that were born in the center of the country after the boss brought the first four hippos to his holiday ranch in 1984. The animal was driving down the highway when it was hit by a car.
David Echeverri López, head of the Biodiversity Management Office of the Regional Autonomous Corporation for the Negro and Nare (Cornare) River Basins, said Wednesday that the animal “died immediately after an accident that did not cause serious injuries. gravity.” .
“This is one of the dangers that the presence of this species poses. Many of them cross the highway, on which many cars pass. It also poses a danger to people in the area. Hippos are unpredictable, at any moment they can attack a person with the erratic behavior that they usually demonstrate,” he said.
The expert recalled that hippos that “roam freely” in the area Middle Magdalena and the Magdalena River They are part of a collection of animals that entered the country illegally and have been breeding for over thirty years.
At the height of his criminal empire, Escobar built a zoo with exotic animals on his property. Hacienda Naples, an area of almost 3 thousand hectares, located precisely in Puerto Triunfo, where the last incident with this species occurred.
After the fall of the Kapo in 1993 and the dismantling of his drug cartel, the hippos were left out of control and quickly settled into the environment thanks to the favorable conditions of the land irrigated by the waters of the Magdalena River.
However, exotic pachyderms who already exceed 150 copies over time, they began to pose a danger to the fauna, flora and inhabitants of the region, therefore, in 2022. Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development listed the hippopotamus (Hipopotamus amphibius) as an invasive alien species in Colombia.
Echeverri pointed out that Theme Park Hacienda NápolesEscobar’s former farm, currently only has three hippos in its “gathering plan” that are under care, with “safety” and “welfare”.
The problems in the area are caused, according to the expert, by a “very large” population of these animals settled in a lake near Naples, “the largest group of hippos that breed uncontrollably, and drift into the same small group that sometimes fight for leadership in a flock, go out and colonize other places.”
Colombian authorities in March presented a plan to move to Mexico And India at least 70 of these heavy and dangerous animals as a measure to contain the consequences of their accelerated reproduction.
(As reported by EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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