Por: Newsweek World November 04, 2023
The Colombian government has announced a raft of measures to control its growing population of invasive hippos—descendants of animals introduced to the country by the notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar.Hippos are native to Africa, but in the 1980s, Escobar smuggled four of the animals into Colombia, keeping them at his luxurious country estate, Hacienda Nápoles, in the municipality of Puerto Triunfo—located east of Medellin—which featured... + full article
CBS News USA Politics November 03, 2023
Colombia will try to control its population of more than 100 hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally in the 1980s, through surgical sterilization, the transfer of hippos to other countries and possibly euthanasia, the government said Thursday.The drug baron brought a... + más
Pablo Escobar's cocaine hippos won't stop multiplying. Colombia wants to move dozens of them out of the country. | CBS News
Colombia goes to war with Pablo Escobar's hippos | Newsweek
CBS News USA World April 13, 2023
A hippopotamus descended from animals illegally brought to Colombia by the late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar has died in a collision with an SUV on a highway near Escobar's hacienda, environmental authorities said Wednesday.The so-called which spread from the estate into... + más
The problem with Pablo Escobar's hippos. What Colombia plans for their descendants | Los Angeles Times
10 WBNS USA Nation March 04, 2023
BOGOTÁ, Bogota — 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... + más
Pablo Escobar’s legacy is an 'open wound' in Medellín. But tourists can’t get enough of it | Los Angeles Times
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Associated Press USA Oddities March 03, 2023
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 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... + más
Colombia proposes shipping invasive hippos to India, Mexico | ABC News
CBS News USA Science March 03, 2023
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... + más
ABC News USA World March 03, 2023
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia is proposing transferring at least 70 hippopotamuses that live near Pablo Escobar’s former ranch - descendants of four imported from illegally by the late drug lord in the 1980s – to India and as part of a plan to control their population.The... + más
Hippos sweat blood, sleep underwater and bite harder than a lion | Newsweek
Colombia president asks to stop arrest of narco sought by US | ABC News
Los Angeles Times USA World March 03, 2023
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... + más
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