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Hippos, if you can imagine. Time to get a new Creed if you can get the tag. Unfortunately, I don't see hunting on the list of possible solutions. LINKColombia will try to control invasive hippo population through sterilization, transfer, euthanasia The Associated Press
BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia will try to control its population of more than 100 hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, through surgical sterilization, the transfer of hippos to other countries and possibly euthanasia, the government said Thursday.
The hippos, which spread from Escobar's estate into nearby rivers where they flourished, have no natural predators in Colombia and have been declared an invasive species that could upset the ecosystem.
Authorities estimate there are 169 hippos in Colombia, especially in the Magdalena River basin, and that if no measures are taken, there could be 1,000 by 2035.
Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said the first stage of the plan will be the surgical sterilization of 40 hippos per year and this will begin next week.
The procedure is expensive — each sterilization costs about $9,800 — and entails risks for the hippopotamus, including allergic reactions to anesthesia or death, as well as risks to the animal health personnel, according to the ministry. The hippos are dispersed over a large area, and are territorial and often aggressive.
Experts say sterilization alone is not enough to control the growth of the invasive species, which is why the government is arranging for the possible transfer of hippos to other countries, a plan that was announced in March.
Muhamad said Colombian officials have contacted authorities in Mexico, India and the Philippines, and are evaluating sending 60 hippos to India.
"We are working on the protocol for the export of the animals," she said. "We are not going to export a single animal if there is no authorization from the environmental authority of the other country."
As a last resort to control the population, the ministry is creating a protocol for euthanasia.
A group of hippos was brought in the 1980s to Hacienda Nápoles, Escobar's private zoo that became a tourist attraction after his death in 1993. Most of the animals live freely in rivers and reproduce without control.
Residents of nearby Puerto Triunfo have become used to hippos sometimes roaming freely about the town.
Scientists warn that the hippos' feces change the composition of rivers and could impact the habitat of local manatees and capybaras.
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if you haven't noticed we've been invaded by the same. they disguise herself under the Jenny Craig plan..
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Wonder if hippo back strap is any good
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The USA has a similar invasive species, but its exponential population growth is being subsidized by federal welfare programs like SNAP and EBT and they have learned to ride the electric shopping scooters at WalMart- - - - -it's called a N I G G A P O T A M U S!
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Wondering why they don't turn them into hamburger. Venezuela would probably be glad to take them. Getting a hippo onto a trailer would probably be a problem.
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Surgical sterilization? WTH? Who’s out there nutting hippos? Sterilize them with a 416 Rigby. Failing that, maybe they can hire the pied ghettopotamus.
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I could take em all out in one season of working up loads for my wildcats & testing new bullets
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I’ll take a Hippo prime rib medium rare with baked potato with butter and sour crème. Might need a doggi bag
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They would probably eat about like a Vietnamese pot bellied pig. As in about five gallons of rendered lard for five pounds of lean meat.
But there has to be some hungry indigenous peoples somewhere on that river who could make use of an over sized hog. Or a hundred.
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Now I know where to check out on my next trip to Colombia
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The USA has a similar invasive species, but its exponential population growth is being subsidized by federal welfare programs like SNAP and EBT and they have learned to ride the electric shopping scooters at WalMart- - - - -it's called a N I G G A P O T A M U S! I'd laugh if this weren't so true.
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There was a restaurant in Cocoa, Florida that featured exotic game meats. I ate both lion and hippo there. Hippo was "pork roastish" if I recall.
According to Capstick, hippos kill more people on and around water in Africa than crocodiles do. Vicious animals with short tempers and long tusks.
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They need some nile crocodiles. That'll keep the hippos in check.
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There was a restaurant in Cocoa, Florida that featured exotic game meats. I ate both lion and hippo there. Hippo was "pork roastish" if I recall.
According to Capstick, hippos kill more people on and around water in Africa than crocodiles do. Vicious animals with short tempers and long tusks. Not to mention they can do that twirrly flying chit thingy with their tails.
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They need some nile crocodiles. That'll keep the hippos in check. Better read up some on that.
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I knew there would be a reason I added a 375 Ruger to the lineup. Yes, easy, sell ‘cull hunts’. Just tell the cartel to leave the hunters alone.
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This is what comes from the boredom of too much money.
Shoot ‘em, then de-nut ‘em. They live to be 50, that’s a lot of hippo poop in the environment…..
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