Environmental authorities estimate that the population of the beasts has ballooned to about 130 — and with no natural predators, it could more than triple by 2031.
For the past year, officials have been working on a new proposal to send the randy hippos to India and Mexico.
From there, the portly animals would be flown to their faraway final destinations, where there are sanctuaries and zoos capable of caring for them.Eric VANDEVILLE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Other inhabitants of the misbegotten menagerie, including elephants, ostriches, zebras and giraffes, had been sent to zoos and sanctuaries around the world, but the four original hippos — said to be Escobar’s favorites – were allowed to stay at the ranch after their owner’s killing, where they and their offspring have become something of a tourist attraction.
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