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Pablo Escobar: Colombia sterilises drug lord's hippos
BBC.com ^ | 10/17/21 | BBC

Posted on 10/17/2021 12:17:32 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

A group of hippos - an unwanted legacy following the death of notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar - are being sterilised.

Escobar, who was shot dead by police in 1993, illegally imported exotic animals, including a male and a female hippo - dubbed the "cocaine hippos".

Since then, a growing population has been taking over the countryside near his former ranch, Hacienda Nápoles.

The Colombian government has so far sterilised 24 of more than 80 animals.

They have been treated with a chemical that will make them infertile.

Colombian environmentalists say the hippos, believed to be the biggest herd outside Africa, are an invasive species and have pushed away the native fauna.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: colombia; druglord; hippos; pabloescobar; sterilises
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24 of 80 done so far, no religious or medical exceptions allowed.
1 posted on 10/17/2021 12:17:32 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Bad link. Goes to an article about chickens and salmonella.


2 posted on 10/17/2021 12:19:40 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: NormsRevenge

Sneaking up and cutting the family jewels off of a hippo. Sounds like fairly dangerous work.


3 posted on 10/17/2021 12:20:17 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: NormsRevenge
We have a lot of 'opotami right here in the US which need to be sterilized too.

4 posted on 10/17/2021 12:22:11 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: SpaceBar

Pablo Escobar: Colombia sterilises drug lord’s hippos

Davos Converence: World sterilizes rampant uncouth population for more glorious tomorrow


5 posted on 10/17/2021 12:23:19 PM PDT by algore ( )
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Jeeze dude. lol.


6 posted on 10/17/2021 12:24:43 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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To: NormsRevenge

That seems like a seriously wasted bit of effort. To sterilize them you’ve got to capture them. If you’ve done that you can euthanize them. Or if, for whatever reason, you don’t want to be labeled a hippo slaughterer sell them to zoos.


7 posted on 10/17/2021 12:24:53 PM PDT by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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“Sneaking up and cutting the family jewels off of a hippo. Sounds like fairly dangerous work.”

It would be, but they do it by injection.

has your hippo gotten jabbed ?


8 posted on 10/17/2021 12:24:57 PM PDT by algore ( )
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

“No you di’int!...”


9 posted on 10/17/2021 12:30:49 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: NormsRevenge

Hmmmmmm? I wonder if its called Vaccination here? Would they? Nahhhhhhhh.


10 posted on 10/17/2021 12:31:41 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (In politicians we get what we deserve, usually the best that money can buy, guaranteed.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Link goes to story about not kissing chickens. Jennifer Psaki, is that you posting here?


11 posted on 10/17/2021 12:32:06 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: NormsRevenge

https://eatdelights.com/hippopotamus-taste/


12 posted on 10/17/2021 12:32:50 PM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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Is this what you had in mind?

Click here for Hippo story. No, not a cross between a Hippo and a Chicken.

13 posted on 10/17/2021 12:33:12 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Wow, what a headline.

I was thinking “oh no, not another name men have for themselves”.


14 posted on 10/17/2021 12:36:50 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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There really needs to be a court of appeal for animals that are set for extermination in newly acquired environments.
Is it appropriate for us to sterilize Columbian natives when they cross our border and create a population that pushes out natives?


15 posted on 10/17/2021 12:41:47 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This is what you get when you put criminals in charge.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Why not just invite hungry Venezuelans in to kill and eat the hippos?


16 posted on 10/17/2021 12:55:13 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Stacy, Stacy...!


17 posted on 10/17/2021 12:56:57 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: NormsRevenge

This is terrible. Hippos are a highly endangered species in South America. They look like African Hippos but are not know to bread with African hippos. They are a different species within a different ecosystem. Save the Hippos!!!

For reference, look at the spotted owl. Same stupid argument.


18 posted on 10/17/2021 1:02:04 PM PDT by Dennis M.
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To: Dennis M.

‘..not known to bread..”


19 posted on 10/17/2021 1:15:00 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: NormsRevenge

Cocaine Hippos sounds like a great band name.


20 posted on 10/17/2021 1:27:55 PM PDT by Bayard
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