Few conservation challenges are as unusual as Colombia's hippo problem. The story began in the 1980s when drug kingpin Pablo Escobar imported several exotic animals for his private estate, Hacienda ...

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Colombia’s invasive hippos, descended from animals once kept by Pablo Escobar, continue to raise difficult questions about population control, relocation, public safety, and animal welfare. Their ...

In Colombia, a plan to cull Pablo Escobar's invasive hippos is challenged by an Indian billionaire's offer to relocate dozens of the animals to... Colombia's rogue hippos could find refuge in India ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: As if real-life hippos weren’t far enough of a cry from their sweet cartoon counterparts — polar opposites from Madagascar’s Gloria or The Backyardigans’ Tasha — ...

PUERTO TRIUNFO, Colombia (AP) — Along the Magdalena River, one of Colombia’s primary arteries, fishermen move with wary precision. From the silty, tea-colored current, hippopotamuses can surface ...

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 ...

Social media conversations about invasive species are driven more by charismatic animals, emotional appeal and celebrity influencers than ecological urgency, an international team of researchers has ...

Colombia is currently between a hippo and a hard place as the region prepares to cull its most notable invasive species. Widely known as “cocaine hippos” due to their original introduction to the ...