Comments on: Hippos Become An Invasive Species – Huh? http://www.blog.hippomojo.com/hippos-become-an-invasive-species-huh/ All About Hippos Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:56:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alex http://www.blog.hippomojo.com/hippos-become-an-invasive-species-huh/comment-page-1/#comment-578 Alex Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:25:10 +0000 http://www.blog.hippomojo.com/?p=195#comment-578 Hey!... I am Colombian... and your article is quite funny. I just wonna say that Colombia is spelled with "o" and not "u"... so it is not called Columbia (That is a state in the US). I don't know where you are from, but its not nice to see people making spelling errors on a country's name. Also, there a few facts that are wrong. First, there are 22 hippos that are under the care of the government, so everyone knows where they are. Only 2 escaped and had a baby hippo. So they killed the male because they are an invasive species. One more thing, no one is asking money to the US for this. Zoos and environmental organizations from all over the world have been asked to take them, but no one can because its too expensive to transport them and maintain them. So, there is no option but to kill them. You say that the land is not fenced. Of course not, 50% of Colombia is covered by the Amazon. Colombian biodiversity is one of the richest in the world, and as you may suspect, fences are not always good for biodiversity. Lastly, if you make Colombia a hippo sanctuary, you would be destroying a major part of that biodiversity. Your article is funny anyways... Cheers, Hey!… I am Colombian… and your article is quite funny. I just wonna say that Colombia is spelled with “o” and not “u”… so it is not called Columbia (That is a state in the US). I don’t know where you are from, but its not nice to see people making spelling errors on a country’s name.

Also, there a few facts that are wrong. First, there are 22 hippos that are under the care of the government, so everyone knows where they are. Only 2 escaped and had a baby hippo. So they killed the male because they are an invasive species.

One more thing, no one is asking money to the US for this. Zoos and environmental organizations from all over the world have been asked to take them, but no one can because its too expensive to transport them and maintain them. So, there is no option but to kill them.

You say that the land is not fenced. Of course not, 50% of Colombia is covered by the Amazon. Colombian biodiversity is one of the richest in the world, and as you may suspect, fences are not always good for biodiversity.

Lastly, if you make Colombia a hippo sanctuary, you would be destroying a major part of that biodiversity.

Your article is funny anyways… Cheers,

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