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A man has been taken into custody after a shooting near Perth, which forced residents to stay inside and lock their doors.

Inspector Vic Hussey said police found a man with a gunshot wound to his head in Wooroloo on Saturday morning.

Hussey said police received reports several other people who were in the area at the time ran into nearby bushland.

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Paramedics treated the man at the scene before he was flown to Royal Perth Hospital.

Residents had been warned to stay inside and keep their doors locked.

Police later said they had taken a man into custody but did not elaborate on any charges.

They said whilst they continued to investigate whether other people had been involved, the whereabouts of the missing people no longer posed any immediate threat to public safety.

"We are strongly of the opinion that there is no threat to the community from those individuals," Hussey said.

He appealed for the public to call police if they have information about the whereabouts or identity of the others. Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Pablo Escobar's notorious "cocaine hippos" are facing a cull, according to a statement from Colombia's Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development on Thursday.

The herd, which the Colombian government said currently stands at 169 animals, has rapidly reproduced from the original population of one male and three females which the drug kingpin owned as part of his private collection of exotic creatures.

After Escobar's death in 1993, authorities relocated most of the other animals in the collection, but not the hippos – because they were too difficult to transport.

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Free from any natural predator, the rising population poses an environmental challenge.

If "strong measures" are not taken to control them, the population could boom to "1000 individuals by 2035," the statement said.

This new phase to control the hippo population involves three strategies: sterilisation, relocation and "ethical euthanasia," it added.

"All three strategies have to work together," Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said in the statement.

"Here we are in a race against time in terms of the permanent environmental and ecosystem impacts that are being generated and that is why we cannot say that only one strategy is effective for our objective, which is to control the population."

In 2021, scientists recommended culling the hippos to prevent long-term negative effects, but other scientists are calling instead for a castration program, citing concerns over animal welfare.

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Between 2011 and 2019, four males were castrated and two females were sterilised, but this did little to slow the hippos' progress. Putting the hippos on birth control was similarly ineffective.

There have also been plans to relocate some of the population to India, the Philippines and Mexico, with the logistics of sending 60 to India currently being analysed, the statement said.

"We are looking to implement this plan in the shortest possible time, precisely so that the impacts cease," Muhamad explained.

According to the ministry statement, sterilisation will cost the country an average of 40 million pesos ($15,399) per animal, and will begin from next week, with an aim to sterilise 40 per week.

The minister concluded by emphasising that hippos have been declared an "invasive exotic" with "aggressive characteristics," and that "their presence represents a threat to ecosystems and risks for the communities that surround them."

Research has shown negative effects of hippo waste on oxygen levels in bodies of water, which can affect fish and ultimately humans.

Hippos also pose a threat to agriculture and to the security of people in affected areas, according to a 2021 study.

In April, a hippo descended from Escobar's collection died after being hit by a car.

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CCTV footage has shown the moment a car has smashed into a busy cafe in Sydney's west, injuring several people and sending tables and chairs flying.

Emergency services were called to Bankstown's Coffee Emporium on North Terrace at 11.30am Saturday after a red Honda Accord with red P-plates crashed into the outdoor area of the coffee shop.

A 53-year-old woman was comforted by customers before she was treated by paramedics and taken to hospital along with a 56-year-old man and two other women in their 20s.

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The driver, a 45-year-old woman, was not injured.

Staff have spent the afternoon cleaning up the mess and the popular cafe was able to continue trading inside.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash.

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