"Escobar's Zoo Legacy Threatens Ecosystem 40 Years Later"

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"Escobar's Zoo Legacy Threatens Ecosystem 40 Years Later"
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Pablo Escobar's private zoo in Colombia, which included hippos illegally imported from Africa, has led to a population explosion of almost 200 hippos wreaking havoc on the country's ecosystem. The Colombian government is facing a race against time to control the population through sterilization, relocation, and even euthanization, as the hippos pose a threat to native species, pollute waterways, and have become aggressive towards humans. Fox News correspondent Griff Jenkins explores the unchecked catastrophe in Fox Nation's "The Drug Lord's Hippos."

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