Decades after a notorious drug lord imported exotic animals into the countryside, Colombia is now grappling with the consequences — and officials say drastic action is needed.
According to the New York Post, the government has approved a plan to euthanize dozens of wild hippos roaming the country’s central region, animals that have multiplied rapidly since their introduction in the 1980s by Pablo Escobar.
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