Hippos in Colombia documentary

Yes, thats true considering that they all originate from a founding population consisting of just two or three animals maximum.

But maybe they could be non-breeding animals / kept as such at a zoo?

 

I believe they stated out with 1 bull and 3 cows

 

Yes, I think you are probably right about that.

 

I don't know of many zoos that would have room for non-breeding animals of that size, unfortunately.

 

Thats a shame , obviously culling these animals is an unpleasant idea, but perhaps it is the only option.

 

You really need a mad millionaire/billionaire to decide to take them. Alas I am neither!

 

I suppose you are right about that.

The irony of course is that a mad animal loving billionaire put them in that situation in the first place leading to them becoming an invasive species.

Now another mad animal loving billionaire could be the potential solution in their humane removal as an invasive species.

 

The irony of the potentially solution is not lost on me, hence if would have to be a mad billionaire...haha.

When I first heard about them years ago, I this was my first thought to solve the issue. Suppose the only difference you would assume they would not a drug lord and therefore unlikely to end up leaving them to fend for their own.

 

I don't think there are too many drug lords out there with "animal rights" sympathies , hahaha

 

Have you not seen the tiger king? Dude they exist, they're all over.

 

Apart from individual behaviour, inbreeding and financial viability, would the possibility of carrying local organisms make them inviable for a conservation program?

 

Hmmm...riiiight...Well I'm not sure Joe Exotic was in the league of "El Chapo" Guzmán or Amado Carrillo Fuentes in either financial or organized crime terms and I'm not sure that the latter were members of PETA either.

Sorry, I don't really understand your question Felipe.

 

They are asking because the hippos are likely to have local parasites and bacteria which could be spread about the captive population.

I don't think it would a massive issue.

 

Oh right, I don't think it would be either, but who knows?

 

No no if you watch the whole series you get introduced to a man who had a drug empire so he could afford good proper care for the animals that he wanted, and he eventually got those animals and had a private zoo

 

I'm not too sure I really want to watch the whole series as I probably wouldn't have the patience and Joe Exotic is cringe.

But that is interesting (to say the least) that someone would get into drug trafficking specifically to keep his exotic "pets" in an optimum condition.