One of Pablo Escobar’s ‘drug hippos’ eliminated by cars and truck crossing roadway|World News

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    Hippos are seen at the Hacienda Napoles theme park, once the private zoo of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar at his Napoles ranch, in Doradal, Antioquia department, Colombia on September 12, 2020. - Escobar bought four hippos from a zoo in California and flew them to his ranch in the early 1980s. Left to themselves on his Napoles Estate, they bred to become supposedly the biggest wild hippo herd outside Africa -- a local curiosity and a hazard. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP) (Photo by RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images)

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    Hippos at Hacienda Napoles, when Pablo Escobar’s personal zoo (Picture: AFP)

    A hippo came down from Pablo Escobar’s unlawful herd has actually passed away after being struck by a vehicle in Colombia.

    The massive animal was struck by a Renault Duster on a highway in between Bogota and Medellin, where the infamous drug lord ran his cartel and terrorist organisation till his death in 1993.

    It passed away right away upon effect, while individuals inside the car left with small injuries.

    ‘This is one of the dangers that the presence of this species represents. Many of them cross the highway where many vehicles pass, it is also a danger to people,’ regional biologist David Echeverri López stated.

    Hippo descended from Pablo Escobar's herd dies after being hit by a car

    The hippo was struck by a vehicle as it crossed a roadway near Pablo Escobar’s old substance (Picture: AFP)

    Hippo descended from Pablo Escobar's herd dies after being hit by a car

    The hippo passed away right away upon effect (Picture: AFP)

    ‘Hippos are unpredictable, at any moment they can attack a person,’ he included.

    Escobar imported 4 hippos– one male and 3 women– to his Hacienda Napoles cattle ranch in the 1980 s.

    After his death at the hands of cops, giraffes, elephants, zebras and ostriches were amongst the other non-native types moved, however the hippos were considered too tough to move.

    Left to their own gadgets, the 4 hippos left the boundaries of Escobar’s substance and replicated without control.

    Zoo worker Jorge Aguirre jumps a fence away from a hippo

    A zoo employee leaps a fence throughout a hippo’s oral treatment at the Santa Fe Zoo in Medellin (Picture: Getty)

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    A hippo indication near Escobar’s old Hacienda Napoles cattle ranch in Colombia (Picture: Getty)

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    Escobar’s hippos are a long method from their native Africa (Picture:Metro co.uk)

    There are now around 130 hippos in the location, however ecological authorities fear the population might increase to 400 in 8 years.

    The most current strategy is to move 10 of the animals to the Ostok Sanctuary in northern Mexico, and an additional 60 to a sanctuary in India.

    The million-dollar relocation will be performed by a variety of celebrations, consisting of the regional Antioquia federal government, the Colombian Agricultural Institute and the Colombian Air Force.

    In their native Africa, young hippos are victimized by crocodiles, while infighting, illness and the quantity of yard offered will naturally manage the population.

    The typical hippopotamus is noted as susceptible to termination by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), mostly due to poaching by people and environment loss.

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