Colombia to euthanize 80 of Pablo Escobar's hippos! Swipe →
Escobar imported 4 hippos in the 80s. Now there are over 160!
With no natural predators, hippos took over Colombian rivers!
Attacks on fishermen and destruction of native ecosystems!
Government approves culling of 80 hippos as population control!
Activists protest: 'It's not the animals' fault!'
Sterilization was tried but is expensive and ineffective!
What happens when invasive species get out of control! Read more →