Colombia is planning to cull a population of wild hippos, the offspring of the drug lord’s pets, dividing a town where hippos are the main draw. Colombia is planning to cull a population of wild ...

DORADAL, Colombia—In a small town in central Colombia, the grunt of hippos has become part of the soundscape. Every afternoon in Doradal, locals and tourists gather at a lake on the edge of town. They ...

But they may have found “an unlikely stay of execution”: Anant Ambani, son of the Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has once again offered them shelter. In the 1980s, the infamous Colombian drug lord ...

Anant Ambani revives offer to transport 80 animals, all descendants of Colombian drug kingpin’s pets, to India It remains one of the strangest conundrums in modern zoological history – what to do with ...

PUERTO TRIUNFO, Colombia — Along the Magdalena River, one of Colombia’s primary arteries, fishermen move with wary precision. From the silty, tea-colored current, hippopotamuses can surface without ...

In Colombia, hippos introduced by Pablo Escobar in the 1980s have become a major issue as the population has grown to around 200, causing safety concerns for locals and tourists. This is a photo ...

Colombia was planning to slaughter 80 hippopotamuses after a small herd imported in the 1980s by the drug lord grew out of control. An Indian tycoon has offered them a new home instead. By Alex ...

An Indian billionaire's son offered on Tuesday to take the so-called "cocaine hippos" descended from those introduced to Colombia by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, rather than have the animals killed.

Escobar’s private zoo is turning into a wildlife crisis. Escobar imported hippos for prestige; they multiplied after his death, now numbering about 200. Hippos harm local ecosystems, face few ...

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The Colombian government has authorized a plan to euthanize dozens of hippos descended from animals smuggled into the country by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s. There are an estimated 200 ...