In Colombia, hippos introduced by Pablo Escobar in the 1980s have become a major issue. The population has grown to around ...

Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ may have been given another a chance at life thanks to an unlikely source. The Colombian ...

From four to nearly 200, Colombia's "cocaine hippos" have been damaging the ecosystem of the Magdalena River for over four ...

Son of Indian billionaire offers sanctuary to feral herd, descendants of animals owned by Pablo Escobar ...

Indian magnate Anant Ambani, son of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has offered to take in at his wildlife sanctuary in India, 80 ...

After attempts at relocation and sterilization have failed, invasive hippos introduced by the infamous drug lord will be culled, the country announced ...

The Colombian government previously approved a plan that would allow the culling of approximately half of the estimated 170 ...

Colombia was planning to slaughter 80 hippopotamuses after a small herd imported in the 1980s by the drug lord grew out of ...

Son of Asian billionaire offers to save Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ from culling - As many as 80 of these hippos have ...

They are the descendants of four hippos brought to the country in the 1980s by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar.

Drug kingpin Pablo Escobar brought hippopotamuses to his estate in Colombia as part of a private zoo. When he died, they ...