As per reports, moving the hippos to the new location is a operation costing $500,000 and has been financed by conservationist Ernesto Zazueta.
The hippo, which had wandered into the road, collided with a vehicle on the road and died on the spot.
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The animals living at Escobar's former property, which is now a tourist attraction, are the descendants of the four hippos he imported illegally from Africa in 1980s. Their increasing population poses a biodiversity risk.
A group of scientists is now warning that the hippos pose a major threat to the area's biodiversity and could lead to deadly encounters between the huge animals and humans.