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Amsterdam’s new ‘Art Zoo’ puts humans in cages as dramatic taxidermy animals roam free

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Amsterdam’s new ‘Art Zoo’ puts humans in cages as dramatic taxidermy animals roam free

Look up as you enter Amsterdam’s new Art Zoo museum, and a 12-foot crocodile stares down at you, mouth open, ready to chomp. The taxidermic reptile is one of hundreds of preserved creatures on display, alongside artfully arranged piles of bones, illuminated tulips encased in apothecary jars and a cabinet of grotesque fish. While it’s not a … Read more

Pablo Escobar’s hippos that roam free without predators to be sterilized

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Pablo Escobar’s hippos that roam free without predators to be sterilized

Colombia on Tuesday began the sterilization of hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s. Two male hippos and one female underwent surgical sterilization, environmental authorities said. It is part of a larger government effort to control the population of more than 100 of the mammals that roam … Read more