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 ...
Bad link. Goes to an article about chickens and salmonella.
Sneaking up and cutting the family jewels off of a hippo. Sounds like fairly dangerous work.
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Jeeze dude. lol.
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.
“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 ?
“No you di’int!...”
Hmmmmmm? I wonder if its called Vaccination here? Would they? Nahhhhhhhh.
Link goes to story about not kissing chickens. Jennifer Psaki, is that you posting here?
Click here for Hippo story. No, not a cross between a Hippo and a Chicken.
Wow, what a headline.
I was thinking “oh no, not another name men have for themselves”.
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?
Why not just invite hungry Venezuelans in to kill and eat the hippos?
Stacy, Stacy...!
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.
‘..not known to bread..”
Cocaine Hippos sounds like a great band name.
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