Reading this as an Australian, where managing invasive species is a multi-million dollar problem, this is just...extraordinary.<p>> "It's just like this crazy wildlife experiment that we're left with," says San Diego University ecologist Rebecca Lewison. "Gosh! I hope this goes well."<p>You...hope this goes well? How about you shoot them all, while there's still a countable number of them? It's not like there's a conservation question here. There's almost no genetic diversity in the herd, and hippos aren't threatened in Africa.
Reminds me of another Hippo story, the U.S. Hippo Bill that was proposed to farm Hippos. <a href="http://www.wired.com/2013/12/hippopotamus-ranching/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wired.com/2013/12/hippopotamus-ranching/</a>
This points to the forms that truly effective terrorism will take in future. Why bomb a few places in your target country, when instead you could just plant a few hundred genetically-engineered Tyrannosaurus eggs? Mayhem for years! Way to make your mark Pablo!
Thought this would be an interesting thought experiment for engineering the best solution to the problem. I guess since Colombia isn't that rich it would have to be feasible economically, too.