From four to nearly 200, Colombia's "cocaine hippos" have been damaging the ecosystem of the Magdalena River for over four ...
Escobar’s private zoo is turning into a wildlife crisis.
The hippos are the descendants of four brought to the country in the 1980s by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar as he built a ...
DOZENS of Pablo Escobar’s randy cocaine hippos will be executed as the out-of-control herd runs riot in Colombia. The beasts ...
The invasive hippo population derives from the original four mammals that the drug lord brought into the country in the 1980s ...
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The Rise and Fall of Colombia’s Infamous “Cocaine Hippos”
Colombia is currently between a hippo and a hard place as the region prepares to cull its most notable invasive species.
Colombian officials on Monday authorized a plan to euthanize dozens of free-range hippos that have invaded the country’s ...
After two years of failed attempts at relocation and sterilization, Colombia’s government has decided it will euthanize 80 of ...
Pablo Escobar brought hippos into Colombia in the 1980s for his private zoo; the four of them mated, multiplied and then ...
Dozens of hippos who descended from the ones brought to Colombia by onetime drug kingpin Pablo Escobar will be killed as the ...
Decades after the drug lord brought in the first hippos for his private zoo, their descendants have become a threat to ...
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