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Vantara offers to take in 80 dying Colombian hippos

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April 29, 2026

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Colombia Authorization has been granted to kill 80 hippopotamuses from the Magdalena River Basin, with the animals classified as an invasive species. Authorities say the hippos, descendants of hippos introduced in the 1980s, threaten biodiversity, damage…