Once part of Pablo Escobar’s private menagerie, a small group of hippos has grown into a large wild population roaming parts ...

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Colombia is taking aim at its invasive hippopotamus population. This week, the government announced plans to euthanize dozens of the hulking animals, which are causing ecological and safety issues in ...

In Colombia, a plan to cull Pablo Escobar's invasive hippos is challenged by an Indian billionaire's offer to relocate dozens of the animals to... Colombia's rogue hippos could find refuge in India ...

The hippos are descendants of a small herd introduced by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s – Copyright AFP MELL CHUN Colombia will cull some of the 166 hippos ...

Scientists warn that a rapidly growing population of hippopotamuses that were introduced to Colombia decades ago by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar should be culled to preserve the local ecosystem, ...

Indian magnate Anant Ambani, son of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has offered to take in at his wildlife sanctuary in India, 80 “cocaine hippos” currently living in Colombia, where the government is ...

Social media conversations about invasive species are driven more by charismatic animals, emotional appeal and celebrity influencers than ecological urgency, an international team of researchers has ...

Colombia is currently between a hippo and a hard place as the region prepares to cull its most notable invasive species. Widely known as “cocaine hippos” due to their original introduction to the ...