Vantara wants Escobar’s hippos: how the drug lord’s animals caught Anant Ambani’s attention

The hippos are an invasive species in Colombia. Their growing population is believed to be a ticking time bomb that will seriously harm indigenous flora and fauna.
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The cocaine hippos: A growing environmental challenge in Colombia

The Legacy of Pablo Escobar's Hippos Pablo Escobar, the notorious Colombian drug lord, met his end in 1993. Following his demise, many of the exotic animals he had brought to his estate were either moved to zoos or perished.
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‘Cocaine hippos’ linked to drug lord Pablo Escobar will be euthanized

Colombian officials on Monday authorized a plan to cull dozens of hippos roaming freely through a region in the center of the country, where they threaten villagers and displace native species years after notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar brought in the ...

Colombia approves plan to cull roaming hippos linked to Pablo Escobar

They are the descendants of four hippos brought to the country in the 1980s by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar.