BOGOTA (AFP) – A Colombian court on Friday called for the hunting of hippos, introduced to the coun-try in the 1980s by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.
The Administrative Court of Cundinamarca set a three-month deadline for the Ministry of Environment to issue “a regulation that contemplates measures for the eradication of the species”, which is affecting the area’s “ecological balance”.
In their homeland in Africa, the animals are responsible for more human deaths than almost any other animal, but in Colombia, the hippopotami have become loved members of the local community and a tourist attraction.
