Thirty years after his disappearance, Pablo Escobar continues to make him talk. Since it’s not a custom, it’s not about drugs, but about the business of hippos. In the late 1980s, the cocaine baron had four of these animals smuggled in from Africa for his private zoo, which he built in his palatial home in Hacienda Napoles.
After the death of the drug lord in 1993, the authorities released the pachyderms into the wild and then settled the area of Magdalena Medio, a hot savannah criss-crossed by rivers, swamps and swamps where food is plentiful. But the little herd quickly took on a different dimension, to the point of becoming too unwieldy. So much so that 70 of them will soon be donated to shelters in Mexico and India.
“invasive species”
Today, more than 130 pachyderms live in the rivers of the province of Antioquia (northwest of the country), far beyond the Hacienda Napoles. As the American channel CBS explained, these animals do not have a natural predator in the country, they multiply uncontrollably, despite the sterilization campaigns carried out by the authorities. And, if nothing is done, by the end of the decade their number could triple.
In addition, they pose a threat to biodiversity. Their excrement changes the composition of rivers and can affect the habitat of manatees and capybaras. Added to this is the danger posed to the inhabitants by these impressive mammals.
The development of the hippopotamus population “difficult situation for residents” Magdalena Medio, some of whom were “threat” these animals, which can weigh between two and three tons, explains Anibal Gaviria, governor of the province of Antioquia (northwest of the country). In 2021, there were even two attacks on residents.
Last year, after a failed attempt at a sterilization program, the government declared hippos “invasive species”, opening the door to the chase. The experts and the local environmental authority (Cornare) agreed that this decision “necessary” given the threat to local residents and wildlife.
“Very strong boxes” for their transportation
Thanks to a massive plan funded by Mexican environmentalist Ernesto Zazueta, seventy of them will be saved. They will be donated to shelters abroad. “We have determined how hippos should be caught, how they should be kept (…) and how they should be transported from the capture area to the airports of Mexico and India”, explains the governor of the province of Antioquia.
According to the established plan, the hippos will go to “very strong boxes” and will not be sedative for health reasons.
Ernesto Zazueta, president of the Association of Zoos, Nurseries and Aquariums of Mexico, said last Friday that he would take action to bring 10 hippos to the Ostok reserve in northern Mexico and 60 more to a similar location in India.
Ecuador, which according to press reports has also offered to accept some of them, on the other hand refused to allow the animals to enter on Saturday. “We hope that the permits required by the national institutions can be approved in the first half of this year.”indicates, for his part, the governor of Antioquia, Anibal Gaviria.
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