Colombia, the government wants to transfer the hippos of Pablo Escobar

Passed away 30 years ago, Pablo Escobar continues to be talked about, this time for the animals that the drug trafficker had imported into his huge estate called Hacienda Napoles in the department of Antioquia. In fact, Escobar’s legacy hippos would be a danger to Colombia’s biodiversity, which is why the government is considering their transfer

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To date it is estimated that, starting from the four initial specimens of hippos (one male and three females) that lived near the Hacienda Napolisbetween 130 and 160 pachyderms are now present in Colombian territory

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Within his immense estate, which extended for 3,000 hectaresPablo Escobar held, in addition to hippos, elephants, camels, zebras, giraffes, cranes, impalas, deer, tapirs, kangaroos, flamingos and rare birds

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After Escobar’s death, the authorities relocated most of the other animals, but not the animals hippos, because they were too difficult to transport. Nor has the government ever implemented or implemented policies to handle these animals illegally imported from a US zoo

For about thirty years these pachyderms have therefore been free to thrive, and according to a study they could even reach 1,500 specimens only within fifteen years

The main problem is that hippos, one of the largest invasive species in the world, have no natural predators in Colombiaand over time their presence could become increasingly harmful to the surrounding environment

For all these reasons, the Colombian government has arranged for the transfer of the hippos to other countries, specifically there are about 70 specimens that should find a new home in Mexico And India

Today the old estate of Pablo Escobar houses a theme park open to the public with various groups of animals, as well as the Colombian criminal’s collection of classic cars

Pablo Escobar’s hippos are a threat to the environment