Invasive Hippos

[WVTXn]

Hippos from hell: Pablo Escobar's private zoo leaves nation racing against time to save ecosystem 40 years on

Fox News' Griff Jenkins travels to Colombia to give an inside scoop on the devastating hippo crisis wreaking havoc on the country's ecosystem in Fox Nation's 'The Drug Lord's Hippos.'

www.foxnews.com

166 Hippos. Auction for tags seems to me like a more practical idea than paying a veterinarian to sterilize a hippo.

Good PR opportunity for conservationists to demonstrate efficacy of hunting pertaining to environmental protection.

Or a funny read.
(Well, maybe not for the guy who was chased by one.)

 

[WVTXn]

The hide has to have some sort of value. Teeth are ivory if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Desk Pop]

No, sterilizing the 8,000 pound animals is more practical than letting hunters pay to come shoot them...

Hilarious article. Was posting it when this popped up as similar.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

If it's a race against time that sounds pretty serious....so wackin and stackin is probably the easiest solution.

 

[BAKPAKR]

Another reason to build the wall.

 

[WVTXn]

What kind of cartridge could take down a hippo? .458? .416? .50BMG.....

 

[Dave N]

What kind of cartridge could take down a hippo? .458? .416? .50BMG.....

 

[WVTXn]

View attachment 313946

Any Predator references automatically receive a 3x point increase in site reaction score!

 

[BackofBeyond]

What kind of cartridge could take down a hippo? .458? .416? .50BMG.....

6.5 Creedmore is the only correct choice.

 

[TN2shot07]

6.5 Creedmore is the only correct choice.

Come on, be a man

 

[Ben Lamb]

I saw Pablo's Hippopotamus open for Mr. Bungle in an abandoned water park outside of Clearwater FLA in 94.

Can recommend.

Issue tags, feed some people. Hippo isn't bad eating.

 

[WVTXn]

Wait....wasn't this how Jurassic park ended?

 

[fishing4sanity]

6.5 Creedmore is the only correct choice.

Load that Creedmoor up with some Hammers and shoot it right in the fuggin' ear hole and it's lights out!

 

[WVTXn]

Can you imagine the story.....
New guests walk into your house...
"Wow, is that a real hippo head?"

"Yea, took him in Colombia"

"But hippos aren't in Colombia."

"He was one of Escobar's that became a nuisance"

Silence. Astonishment. Admiration. Jealousy.

"Yep, took him with a 6.5 Creedmoor."

(Ebay receipt seen laying on floor)

 

[Gellar]

I saw Pablo's Hippopotamus open for Mr. Bungle in an abandoned water park outside of Clearwater FLA in 94.

Can recommend.

Issue tags, feed some people. Hippo isn't bad eating.

I bet it’s be like wagyu beef. They just float around all day, eating all night. Up to 110 pounds per night of grass according to the Google machine

 

[YoungGun]

"What was once a measly four hippos has now climbed to almost 200 in the decades since"

The Hippos:

 

[Whiskey Freak]

Call the bowmars to come take care of them. The only reasonable way to get them.

 

[np307]

 

[Treeshark]

This would be right up Stay Sharp’s alley.

 

[BrentD]

View attachment 313965
Load that Creedmoor up with some Hammers and shoot it right in the fuggin' ear hole and it's lights out!

I just wish people could appreciate the history of where the name comes from. 6.5mm would be laughed at.