Around 200 hippos are roaming freely near the Colombian town of Doradal, descended from four animals that Pablo Escobar ...

Colombia is planning to cull a population of wild hippos, the offspring of the drug lord’s pets, dividing a town where hippos ...

In Colombia, a plan to cull Pablo Escobar's invasive hippos is challenged by an Indian billionaire's offer to relocate dozens ...

Colombia currently has more than 4 million stray dogs in many cities. In addition to stray dogs, there are many stray cats that roam the streets. This is a big problem because these animals are put in ...

Anant Ambani, the son of tycoon Mukesh Ambani, said he formally requested the Colombian government to stay a decision to kill the animals.

Colombia will try to control its population of more than 100 hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, through surgical ...

After 12 Years and Three Presidents, Colombia Says the Only Way to Stop Escobar's Hippos Is to Cull Them ...

They are the descendants of four hippos brought to the country in the 1980s by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar.

The animals, originally imported by the drug lord for his private zoo in the 1980s, mean the country is the only place outside Africa where hippos roam free.