Colombia will transfer 70 hippos once owned by drug lord Pablo Escobar to overseas sanctuaries at a cost of $3.5m. The cocaine baron brought a small number of the African beasts to Colombia in the ...
Pablo Escobar’s hippos are on their way to “El Chapo’s” homeland in a mission more daring than either man’s drug smuggling. Ten of the animals are to be flown from Antioquia ...
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 ...
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 ...
Pablo Escobar's hippos have moved beyond the limits of his ranch and into local rivers. The plan is to lure the hippos into iron containers to drive them to José María Córdova International ...
Sterilization, hunting and other schemes have failed to winnow the herd that has grown since drug Pablo Escobar imported the hippos to Colombia 43 years ago. Years after his 1993 death ...
Colombia in March 2023 proposed a plan to ship at least 70 hippos from notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar's former ranch to India and Mexico to control their numbers. They have been declared an ...
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 ...
Bogota The infamous Pablo Escobar, who terrorized Colombia during the 1980s and early 1990s, resulted in thousands of deaths. And in the 1980s, he smuggled four hippos from a wildlife park in ...
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 ...
Ten of Pablo Escobar's hippos are expected to be moved to a new location in a town named Jesus Maria in the mountains of northwestern Mexico. The location is known for being the place where ...
