Drought drives hungry hippos into Colombian town
Drought drives hungry hippos into Colombian town
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Back in the 1980s Pablo Escobar imported elephants, rhinoceroses, giraffes, zebras and hippos from Africa to graze and wallow at
his many man-made lakes.
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Biologists in Colombia say a drought has forced two hippopotamuses into a town in search of food.
The animals are descendants of a group imported in the 1980s by the notorious drug baron Pablo Escobar for his private zoo near the town of Puerto Triunfo in Antioquia province.
They've been seen grazing in fields with cattle and wandering through the town near the city of Medellin. Local children have been warned to keep away from the animals.
The biologists say they are waiting for specialist dart guns to sedate the hippos so they can move them.
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