A NYTIMES update on Colombia's growing hippo problem.
Sixteen years after drug kingpin Pablo Escobar was gunned down on a Medellín rooftop, Colombia is still wrestling with his zoo. An operation to hunt down his pet hippo named Pepe, helped by environmentalists, has raised a debate over animal rights and invasive species.
(For more details... with a pix...check July 11th story link on this blog)
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