The great Colombian debate about Pablo Escobar’s “cocaine hippos” has come to an end. The late drug lord famously owned four hippos that procreated with abandon after he was killed in 1993 ...

A group of hippos that escaped from the remnants of Pablo Escobar’s forgotten cocaine mansion have reproduced and wrought havoc on Colombian ecosystems ever since.

FILE – Hippos float in the lagoon at Hacienda Napoles Park, once the private estate of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar who imported three female hippos and … FILE – Hippos float in the lagoon at ...

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.

These Colombian hippos will be put on birth control after biologists expressed concern about their environmental impact and the threat to human safety.

The media likes to call them “cocaine hippos.” And there are a lot of them. Back when Pablo Escobar was the world’s most notorious drug kingpin, he was so decadent that he imported animals ...

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 ...

In the 1980s, drug-trafficker Escobar illegally imported four African hippos for his private zoo, and after his death in 1993, the animals escaped to the Magdalena River, one of the country’s ...

Colombia plans to fly dozens of its "cocaine hippos" -- the descendants of drug trafficker Pablo Escobar's private menagerie -- to new homes.

The population of hippopotami descending from Pablo Escbobar’s so-called “cocaine hippos” is reportedly on the rise — and some locals are growing increasingly concerned about their presence.

FILE – Hippos float in the lagoon at Hacienda Napoles Park, once the private estate of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar who imported three female hippos and one male decades ago in Puerto Triunfo ...