Gregor Kalinkat

The worlds largest invasive animal making headlines once again:

„The Fight to Euthanize Pablo Escobar’s Hippos in Colombia“ 🇨🇴 🦛

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/world/americas/pablo-escobar-hippos-colombia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.iFA.VI58.NFF_IoX8zKkR&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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The Fight to Euthanize Pablo Escobar’s Hippos in Colombia

Colombia is planning to cull a population of wild hippos, the offspring of the drug lord’s pets, dividing a town where hippos are the main draw.

The New York Times
May 13 at 2:33pmWeb
Show threadGregor Kalinkat2d ago

See our related 2020 review paper

„The role of species charisma in biological invasions“

https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.2195

(Available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dFGKgy4ZDxapoOoBZGEZ7qTxEj8N_j_d/view?usp=sharing)