Colombian drug lord Escobar kept hippos on his ranch which went feral. Now some are being “rescued” and sent to El Chapo’s ...
Colombia will transfer 70 hippos once owned by drug lord Pablo Escobar to overseas sanctuaries ... in special crates for the transfer. The hippo removal is seen as a life-saving measure as the ...
Pablo Escobar became arguably the most powerful man in Colombia with the help of the cocaine trade that made the Medellín ...
The case of Pablo Escobar's invasive hippos is unique. Yet it could be seen as a step in the right direction for invasive species management. Despite the preferred management options being ...
Pablo Escobar imported hippos to Colombia. And since then, none of the sterilization, hunting or other schemes has been able ...
Colombia said on Wednesday it was making progress on the transfer of 70 hippos to overseas sanctuaries, but mitigating the havoc caused by this unusual legacy of deceased druglord Pablo Escobar ...
HACIENDA NÁPOLES, Colombia—Castrating hippos wasn’t part of Cristina Buitrago’s veterinary training, especially since the natural habitat of the semiaquatic beasts is roughly 7,000 miles away.
The result is that the hippos end up killing fish and threatening endemic species like manatees, otters and turtles, she said. Pablo Escobar's hippos keep multiplying and Colombia doesn't know how ...
The late drug lord, Pablo Escobar, imported four hippos from Africa in the 1980s. The animals have since reproduced and grown significantly in numbers. [Courtesy of Getty Images] Colombia is ...
A car collided with the animal at speed leaving it dead on the road. The hippo was a descendent of the four animals that notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar imported from a zoo in the US to his ...
Colombia said on Wednesday it was making progress on the transfer of 70 hippos to overseas sanctuaries, but mitigating the havoc caused by this unusual legacy of deceased druglord Pablo Escobar ...
