Colombia started sterilizing descendants of hippos illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the ...
The drug kingpin brought four hippos to his estate in the 1980s ... By Michael Levenson When the Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed in 1993, most of the animals he had imported as ...
Colombian officials have thus decided on a three-pronged plan to sterilize, euthanize or relocate the hippos. They announced ...
Pablo Escobar died of a gunshot wound during a 1993 shootout at his hideout in Medellin, but Pablo did not go down without leaving a very strange parting gift to his homeland: a bunch of hippos ...
Colombia on Tuesday began the sterilization of hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s. Two male hippos and one ...
Decades after Pablo Escobar brought hippos to Colombia, country now dealing with dozens of them 04:43 Colombia will try to control its population of more than 100 hippopotamuses, descendants of ...
The decision to remove or manage the hippos has sparked ... ensure the success of this ambitious endeavor. The post Pablo Escobar's Hippos: A Conservation Conundrum in Colombia appeared first ...
A descendant from a small herd of hippos introduced by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar (AFP via Getty Images) The creatures, which became known as “cocaine hippos”, reproduced at a rate that is ...
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 ...
Colombia will cull some of the 166 hippos descended from a small herd imported by deceased drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, the country's environment minister said Thursday. Authorities have ...
Colombia on Tuesday began the sterilization of hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s. Two male hippos and one ...
Pablo Escobar’s notorious “cocaine hippos” are facing a cull, according to a statement from Colombia’s minister of environment and sustainable development Thursday. The herd, which the ...
