| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico | October 2009 
Escaped Hippo Killed in Mexico
 Associated Press
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October 23, 2009
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Veracruz, Mexico – A 2,200-pound hippopotamus that escaped from a private zoo has been shot to death after more than a month on the run in the countryside of southeastern Mexico.
An official with Mexico's animal protection agency said Thursday the hippo was shot at least twice the previous day near a river outside the town of Alamo in Veracruz state. Witnesses told reporters that police fired the shots while trying to capture it.
Enrique Lobato, the animal protection official, says the hippo escaped from a ranch in early September. He says the owner had a permit to keep the animal but faces fines for not keeping it in the right living conditions.
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