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The problem with Pablo Escobar's hippos. What Colombia plans for their descendants

Por: Los Angeles Times World March 03, 2023

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Colombia is proposing transferring at least 70 hippopotamuses that live near Pablo Escobar’s former ranch — descendants of four imported from Africa illegally by the late drug lord in the 1980s — to India and Mexico as part of a plan to control their population. The hippos, which are territorial and weigh up to 3 tons, have spread far beyond the Hacienda Napoles ranch, 124 miles from Bogota along the Magdalena River. Environmental... + full article



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