Colombia kills drug baron hippo

[tittenman]

Colombian bounty hunters have shot and killed one of three hippopotamuses which escaped from a private zoo owned by former drugs baron Pablo Escobar.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8145676.stm

 

[Lungzyn]

Oh, from the title I thought the hippo was the drug baron

 

[Ace Bandage]

Oh, from the title I thought the hippo was the drug baron

As did I. I was all prepared to read about the hippo version of Tony Montana. What a disappointment...

 

[24788]

The fuck... people own hippos? Aren't they one of the most dangerous animals in the world?

 

[meesterperfect]

^escobar owned lots of shit, considering he was a multi billionare.
The reason the title was misleading was the lack of an S on the word baron to show posseviness.

Anyway......wonder why they didn't just capture it.
Hippos are one of the most agreesive and dangerous animals, but if they could shoot it with a gun couldn't they shoot it with a tranquilizar?

 

[Skyraider22]

What was this some kind of hit:dunno:

 

[Lungzyn]

^escobar owned lots of shit, considering he was a multi billionare.
The reason the title was misleading was the lack of an S on the word baron to show posseviness.

Anyway......wonder why they didn't just capture it.
Hippos are one of the most agreesive and dangerous animals, but if they could shoot it with a gun couldn't they shoot it with a tranquilizar?

That might be the reason, he didnt care? Might not have wanted to take any chances.
I dont know if drug barons are the nicest people towards animals

 

[BlueBalls]

Drug barron hippo's, that sounds like an excellent idea for the next Pixar movie.


Of course it probably would be much darker than those made previously, but from what I can imagine it would be fried gold :thumbsup:

 

[Rey C.]

Escobar has been dead for years! How old do hippos live to be?

 

[Will E Worm]

Colombian bounty hunters have shot and killed one of three hippopotamuses which escaped from a private zoo owned by former drugs baron Pablo Escobar.

Pablo Escobar (December 1, 1949 - December 2, 1993),

"EX" as in dead drug dealer and they were animals from his zoo.

I don't see why they had to kill them.
They could have shot them with tranquilizers and sent them to another zoo or a wild life preservation.

Wonder when PETA will say something about this?
Unless they don't matter to the agenda. :tongue:

PETA hates Hippopotami. I never knew. :tongue:

Oh, from the title I thought the hippo was the drug baron

In a comic book.

The fuck... people own hippos? Aren't they one of the most dangerous animals in the world?

It depends on what continent you're on.

An animal can only be dangerous to the people it can affect.
I doubt an elephant will be running through your home any time soon.

 

[24788]

Pablo Escobar (December 1, 1949 - December 2, 1993),

"EX" as in dead drug dealer and they were animals from his zoo.

I don't see why they had to kill them.
They could have shot them with tranquilizers and sent them to another zoo or a wild life preservation.

Wonder when PETA will say something about this?
Unless they don't matter to the agenda. :tongue:

PETA hates Hippopotami. I never knew. :tongue:




In a comic book.



It depends on what continent you're on.

An animal can only be dangerous to the people it can affect.
I doubt an elephant will be running through your home any time soon.

Unless it takes the teleporter located on the bottom left of the map.

 

[Ravenholm]

Oh, from the title I thought the hippo was the drug baron

Likewise.

I thought they capped his ass because he was called Hippo.

Guess not.

 

[tittenman]

Likewise.

I thought they capped his ass because he was called Hippo.

Guess not.

Well like "Will E Worm" quite rightly pointed out this nasty peice of work was killed in a joint US and Columbian operation in 1993. From the wikipedia article they have seized his estate (complet with zoo etc) and are in the process of converting this to a theme park. Wow should be hell of theme park by the descriptions of his estate.

 

[Ozmanks]

I wonder how many gunshots it takes to kill a hippo?