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Hippo Hunt Divides Colombia

Animal rights groups decry containment plan

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 11, 2009 10:59 AM CDT

(Newser) – Pepe the Hippo has become a divisive figure in Colombia. When the animal escaped from his birthplace near Pablo Escobar’s pleasure palace, the government and some environmentalists organized an intense hunt that eventually ended when a team of more than a dozen soldiers killed...   Read full story »

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