The hippos are the descendants of four brought to the country in the 1980s by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar as he built a ...

Colombia is currently between a hippo and a hard place as the region prepares to cull its most notable invasive species.

For decades, the hippos that Pablo Escobar smuggled into Colombia as exotic pets have been multiplying in the warm waterways ...

After attempts at relocation and sterilization have failed, invasive hippos introduced by the infamous drug lord will be ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Colombia will launch a plan in the second half of 2026 to control its invasive hippopotamus population, ...

Colombia said Monday it will cull up to 80 hippos descended from animals illegally introduced by the late drug trafficker ...

Colombia will euthanize dozens of invasive hippos descended from animals once owned by drug lord Pablo Escobar, in a ...

AROUND 80 hippos smuggled into Colombia by drug baron Pablo Escobar will be executed after the out-of-control herd started to ...

The animals, originally imported by the drug lord for his private zoo in the 1980s, mean the country is the only place ...

The invasive hippo population derives from the original four mammals that the drug lord brought into the country in the 1980s ...

Dozens of hippos who descended from the ones brought to Colombia by onetime drug kingpin Pablo Escobar will be killed as the ...