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THE HEADLESS AND skinned remains of a hippopotamus have been found at a central Mexico ranch, days after the animal escaped its pen and was struck by a car.
The nine-year-old female hippo died on Sunday when it was hit by a vehicle on a road in Puebla state after escaping from Rancho Dolores in Ciudad Serdan, an official at the federal environmental prosecutor’s office said.
When environmental inspectors went to the ranch, they found that the body, according to the prosecutor’s office, “lacked its head and skin, which were sent to a taxidermist”.
The hippo was able to escape because ranch workers had left the main entrance open and the pond where the animal lived lacked a perimeter fence, the statement said.
The ranch had not legally registered the hippo and the owner lacks a management plan, which demonstrates “clear irregularities,” the prosecutor’s office said.
The ranch faces a possible fine ranging between €180 and €180,000.
Another 29 animals, including two lions and a Bengal tiger, were seized from the property last April because the owners lacked certificates of origin, which they finally produced in November.
The hippo arrived at the ranch from a circus on 26 December.
A new law last year prohibited the use of wild animals in circus shows, forcing owners to find new homes for their animals.
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The beach has always been rotten, not much of it left mind you. Portrane hospital and the surrounding areas have been pumping raw sewage into the bay for a very, very long time, yet it and Portrane get blue flags on a regular basis. Begs the question, HOW?
there is a foul smell of sewage from sutton creek when the tide is out .Has been for the last 3 to 6 months
@Joe Murphy: Yes, awful. Coco unable to find root cause. I feel sorry for people living there.
@psychiatrist: i have my suspicions on this .There is an underwater sewage pipe from sutton to ringsend.Has this sprung s leak and it would appear the sand has absorbed it.I rand the epa but no one has responded.How does one find s leak in an underwater sewer?
Will Fingal council have armed garda patrolling the beach when they’ve finished with the fly tippers??
@Barry morcom: I gather you’ve never had to confront four fast speaking burly men in a white transit before….
@JustOneScoop: I would not encourage him!
Animal contamination could be relevant to Punks on Jet Skis?
Ah here now – I’m tired of this agenda that shuts beaches just because they do not fit with pre-conceived notions of hygiene
@the phantom: yes Boss
Could be from the horses that are run on the beach at certain times or dogs. They are the only animals around there.
Did fish fcuk in the water again? Dirty animals
@Andro Štruca: and sh*te in it
@Andro Štruca: You can’t beat the flavour of used condoms
dollymount is filthy and has been from the start of June and the same last year it is sewage washed in from ringsend they have a J.C.B.on the beech every day piling it up it is not from birds or animals it is from ringsend and it is kept quiet it is filthy and the stink is overpowering and nothing is being done to stop it
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