Colombian authorities plan to euthanize 80 hippos descended from animals smuggled by drug lord Pablo Escobar into the country back in the 1980s. Officials intend to control a population of around 200 ...

Newsday: Colombians are divided over the fate of hippos linked to Pablo Escobar

Colombians are divided over the fate of hippos linked to Pablo Escobar

The Spokesman-Review: Colombia moves to kill Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ amid ecological threat

Colombia will euthanize dozens of invasive hippos descended from animals once owned by drug lord Pablo Escobar, in a controversial move underscoring the growing environmental and public safety risks ...

The late kingpin's animals have roamed free since the early 1990s, but their tenure could soon come to an end. Reading time 2 minutes Hippos introduced to Colombia by the drug kingpin Pablo Escobar ...

standardmedia.co.ke: Pablo Escobar's dark legacy refuses to die 25 years after his death

Pablo Escobar's dark legacy refuses to die 25 years after his death

The New York Times: The Fight to Euthanize Pablo Escobar’s Hippos in Colombia

SBS: Colombians divided over the fate of hippos linked to Pablo Escobar

Colombia is confronting a unique problem: what to do with a population of hippopotamuses originally linked to Pablo Escobar. The notorious late drug lord became infamous for importing the creatures ...

MSN: Colombia to kill 80 wild hippos once owned by Pablo Escobar: Why are the African giants being killed?