No one's trying to outlaw pet ownership and ain't going to happen in America. But I think a lot of people just don't even have the lifestyle to be able to do that. And so, you know, doing an animal service is really disservice to both if you adopt them but then don'treally have the time or money to give them away.
The descendants of Pablo Escobar’s pet hippopotami are wreaking havoc in Colombia. They can teach us non-druglords a thing or two about pet ownership.
This episode was produced by Siona Peterous, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey and Michael Raphael, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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