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Colombia to euthanize dozens of "cocaine hippos" linked to drug lord Pablo Escobar in bid to control population

The hippos are the descendants of four brought to the country in the 1980s by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar as he built a private zoo. Colombian officials on Monday authorized a plan to cull dozens of hippos roaming freely through a region in the center of the country, where they threaten villagers and displace native species years after notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar brought in ... [3832 chars]

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