Colombia's rogue hippos could find refuge in India

In Colombia, a plan to cull Pablo Escobar's invasive hippos is challenged by an Indian billionaire's offer to relocate dozens ...

A passage to India for Colombia’s ‘cocaine hippos’?

The animals, which the drug kingpin imported into Colombia, were left to “roam free” and multiply after Escobar was killed in ...

Indian billionaire's son offers to save Escobar's hippos

Anant Ambani - son of Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani - says he can take care of the animals roaming free since the drug ...

Colombia may kill dozens of Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’—here’s why

Escobar’s private zoo is turning into a wildlife crisis.
CNN

Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ face Colombian government cull

Pablo Escobar’s notorious “cocaine hippos” are facing a cull, according to a statement from Colombia’s minister of environment and sustainable development Thursday. The herd, which the Colombian ...
THE WEEK

Colombia's 'cocaine hippos': A problem too big to ignore

A motorist slammed into a hippopotamus last month on a rural highway in Colombia. Though the driver walked away unharmed, his SUV and the 2,000-pound animal were totaled and killed, respectively. The ...
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Talking Animals: Journalist Hammer Discusses Reporting The Complete, Colorful Story of Escobar’s Hippos in the New Issue of Smithsonian Magazine

Journalist Joshua Hammer–author of a captivating piece in the current issue of Smithsonian Magazine, entitled “Pablo Escobar’s Abandoned Hippos are Wreaking Havoc in the Columbian Jungle”—recalls how, ...