Colombia proposes transferring 70 hippos that live near Pablo Escobar's former ranch to India, Mexico

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Colombia proposes transferring 70 hippos that live near Pablo Escobar's former ranch to India, Mexico
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Environmental experts estimate there are about 130 hippos in Colombia.

A group of Hippos relax on December 14, 2006 in Lake Naivasha, Kenya. The area, for years known as Happy Valley has seen increased tension between Europeans and the Kenyan population.

Escobar’s Hacienda Napoles — and the hippos — have become a sort of local tourist attraction in the years since the kingpin was killed by police in 1993. When his ranch was abandoned, the hippos survived and reproduced in local rivers and favorable climatic conditions. The hippos would be lured with food into large, iron containers and transferred by truck to the international airport in the city of Rionegro, 150 kilometers away. From there, they would be flown to India and Mexico, where there are sanctuaries and zoos capable of taking in and caring for the animals.

"We work with Ernesto Zazueta, who is the president of sanctuaries and zoos in Mexico, who is the one who liaisons with different countries and manage their rescues," said the official.The plan is to focus on the hippos living in the rivers surrounding the Hacienda Napoles ranch, not the ones inside the ranch because they are in a controlled environment and don’t threaten the local ecosystem.

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