Save Hippos From Gruesome Slaughter

Target: Carlos Eduardo Correa Escaf, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development Colombia

Goal: Protect hippopotami from wrongful death through brutal culling.

Dozens of hippopotami are forced to live in an unnatural habitat, and are now the targets of scientists’ call for eradication. It is claimed that other means to reduce the population are too expensive, and difficult. The animals suffer dreadfully because of people’s indifference.

In the early 80’s Pablo Escobar imported four hippos to his private zoo in Colombia. After Escobar’s death the hippopotami remained in Colombia and reproduced at a high rate. Today there are nearly one hundred hippopotami residing in Colombia with fatal predictions for their future.

The presence of hippos in Colombian waters has a positive influence on the water quality. Fish kills and pulses from hippos increase the nutrients and species diversity. They also create new habitats for a variety of animals within the rivers. The hippopotami even benefit animals that are living on land by providing new and alternative food sources. The government’s decision to viciously cull them provoked a public outcry, and the action was paused. Now however, scientists say that the horrible mass extermination should go ahead.

The hippopotami in Colombia need to be protected from an unjust death and the senseless mistake of introducing a new species to an alien country must be corrected. Efforts to sterilize the animals were carelessly abandoned but must be revived as an ethical way to allow them to live out their lives peacefully.

Sign below to take action against the wrongdoing of man and save the innocent lives of Colombia’s hippos.

PETITION LETTER:

Dear Carlos Eduardo Correa Escaf,

The hippopotami residing in Colombia are not to blame for their presence in your country. It is unjust to call for the death of these innocent animals, only to reduce the cost of more ethical means.

Scientists found out that the presence of hippos benefits the water quality. Furthermore, they increase the nutrients and the variety of species in rivers, and supply land animals with new sources of food. Despite all these facts, the call for slaughter has been renewed.

Exterminating the hippos is not the right solution, and alternative ways to decrease the population have to be introduced. The hippopotami should be given the chance to live out their lives in a peaceful manner, to rectify their introduction to a foreign country.

Do not allow the slaughter of Colombia’s hippos. Introduce alternative ways to ethically reduce the population and correct people’s error.

Sincerely,

[Your Name Here]

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51 Comments

  1. The Hippos can go to a sanctuary and they can be separated by gender or spayed. You would only need to spay or neuter either males or females and if it is easier to neuter males then that is the operation that needs to take place. Fair is fair! Only selfish, evil and irresponsible people would even think of murdering the hippos. It is not their fault at all!

  2. Jacqui Skill says:

    What the hell is wrong with these people!? They have no regard for life!

  3. Karen J. Hutson says:

    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT KILL THE HIPPOS!!!
    This is absolutely evil & cruel killing them!!!!!

  4. Once again why do humans get to decide there are too many of an animal? Killing them is not the solution.

  5. Donna Riggins says:

    This is totally unethical and selfish. Your grandchildren will never know about these gentle creatures if you kill them all.
    Please reconsider this strategy!

  6. This is not right. Killing innocent hippos because a drug kingpin imported them for selfish reasons. What is wrong with Colombian government officials?

  7. If you people even pretended to give a -rap about your coke dealing criminals you could have seized ill gotten gains to fund humane sterilization.

  8. Michelle Stewart says:

    Save all the hippos. Make killing them illegal. People that kill hippos must be executed

  9. Absolutely unacceptable. This is barbaric and totally ridiculous. What’s wrong with these scientists! Have they gone crazy! This should not be . Leave the hippo alone and all the other animals.

  10. Maria Bertrand says:

    Carlos Eduardo Correa Escaf, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development Colombia

    Why would killing be an option? This is totally barbaric.
    Please do the opposite and protect them by all means such as sanctuaries, spay or neuter.

    Hippos were placed by the heavenly Father and should be left to live freely or you will endanger the fragile ecosystem of the area.

    Please choose humane options…

  11. Leave these hippos alone. Anyone who would condone senseless killing of innocent animals is a heartless creep who should be shunned by all of society. Get your head on straight Columbia. Concentrate on getting rid of the drug lords, not the hippos.

    • Thank you for your wonderful reply….they need to get the evil humans off the streets and leave the animals alone. If we all work together we can defeat the evil. This sick idea of killing hippos is sick and demented!!

  12. Ellis Toscano says:

    Exactly the mentality that allowed a Escobar to thrive.

  13. Please reconsider this appalling death sentence. It was mentioned that the hippos are good for the water systems. If they are reproducing too quickly, spray or neuter them. Please fo not kill these beautiful creatures.

  14. Renata Kuchinsky says:

    Stop the killing!!!

  15. This culling of any speciey is total ignorance. All life forms are part of the eco system for their environment and they in turn are part of the overall connected eco sysrems.

  16. FIRST — You MUST NOT — you will NOT KILL the Hippos — PLEASE — we have options : reintroduce the Plan to sterilize — also, transferring them to other locations, whether in or out of the Country, will prove beneficial to all — this is DOABLE — it may not be easy BUT it can, AND should, be done — it is well worth it — SECOND — to KILL innocent, vulnerable, healthy, treatable Animals MUST NEVER be considered — it is beyond depravedly cruel and immoral, not to mention hateful and unconscionable — let’s DO the RIGHT THING — we are all Living Beings — we ALL want to LIVE.

  17. Do NOT kill the hippos! They did not choose to live in Colombia; they were kidnapped and brought to Colombia! I don’t think much of your scientists; what a sorry bunch they are! Neuter all males and let them live in peace.

  18. Anne-Mari Gavin says:

    Get rid of the round headed imibile wanting to kill Gods innocent animals!!!!

  19. NO!!! Sanctuary, spay, neutar!!

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