Hippos

• Anant Ambani 重啟提議，計畫將 80 隻動物（均為哥倫比亞毒梟寵物的後代）運送到印度。 • 這仍然是現代動物學史上最奇怪的難題之一——該如何處理 Pablo Escobar 河馬的後代？ • 這些動物是原產於撒哈拉以南非洲的草食動物，最初由該毒梟為了個人娛樂而引入哥倫比亞。但在他 1993 年去世後，這些野獸及其後代被留在野外自由活動。閱讀更多...

Anant Ambani, the son of tycoon Mukesh Ambani, said he had put in a formal request to the Colombian government to stay a decision to kill the animals.

Dozens of feral pachyderms linked to drug kingpin to be killed because of threat to native species and villagersColombian officials have authorized a plan to cull dozens of hippos descended from animals brought to the country in the 1980s by Pablo Escobar, after the feral beasts displaced native species and threatened local villagers.The environment minister, Irene Vélez, said the decision was reached because other methods to control their population had been expensive and unsuccessful, including neutering some of the animals or moving them to zoos. Vélez said that up to 80 hippos would be affected by the measure. She did not say when the hunting would begin. Continue reading...