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

In Colombia, on April 30, 2026, a heated debate intensified over how to manage a rapidly growing population of hippos descended from animals introduced in the 1980s.

An Indian billionaire's son offered on Tuesday to take hippos descended from those introduced to Colombia by drug kingpin ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian officials on Monday authorized a plan to cull dozens of hippos roaming freely through a region in the center of the country, where they threaten villagers and ...

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

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

The descendants of illegal hippopotamuses imported to Colombia by drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s will be euthanised as part of a 7.2 billion pesos ($1.98 million) programme announced on Monday ...

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Colombian officials on Monday authorized a plan to euthanize dozens of free-range hippos that have invaded the country’s center and threatened villagers since they were first brought in by drug lord ...

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

Colombian officials are set to cull around 80 wild hippos from a colony originally started by Pablo Escobar. The notorious drug lord brought four of the animals into Colombia in the 1980s for his ...