Shane McMahon's Ass
10-25-2009, 07:45 AM
A 1,000-kilogram hippopotamus that escaped from a private zoo in the Mexican countryside has been shot dead after more than a month on the run.
An official with Mexico's animal protection agency said on Thursday the hippo was shot at least twice the previous day near a river outside the town of Alamo in Veracruz state in the country's southeast.
Witnesses told reporters that police fired the shots while trying to capture the animal.
Enrique Lobato, the animal protection official, said the hippo escaped from a ranch in early September.
He said the owner had a permit to keep the animal but faces fines for not keeping it in the right living conditions.
An official with Mexico's animal protection agency said on Thursday the hippo was shot at least twice the previous day near a river outside the town of Alamo in Veracruz state in the country's southeast.
Witnesses told reporters that police fired the shots while trying to capture the animal.
Enrique Lobato, the animal protection official, said the hippo escaped from a ranch in early September.
He said the owner had a permit to keep the animal but faces fines for not keeping it in the right living conditions.