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Late Colombian Drug Baron's Hippo Gunned Down

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Fri, 07/17/2009 - 6:15am

Colombia's government says it will stop trying to kill a hippopotamus. It was one of two hippos from the private zoo of drug lord Pablo Escobar.

They got away in 2006 and lived in the wild. Concerned about public safety, authorities hunted one down. Angry animal rights groups persuaded officials to say they will safely relocate the other.