Discover how Colombia's cocaine trade has led to a hippo invasion, with Pablo Escobar's illegally imported hippos now posing a serious threat to the local environment and people. Learn about the challenges faced by the authorities and the call for a comprehensive management plan.
Colombia on Tuesday began the sterilisation of hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in.
Colombia is to cull hippos descended from a pet herd owned by the cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar. Twenty of the 166-strong herd will be sterilised and others.
one of druglord pablo escobars cocaine hippos was killed in a highway crash in colombia on april 12 reports said the animal was killed after being hit by an suv on a road near escobars former ranch the hacienda npoles around 60 of the hippos at the ranch are likely to be sent to india
the cost of transferring 70 of druglord pablo escobars cocaine hippos will cost colombia 35 million around 29 crore the country has said around 60 of these will be brought to an unnamed facility in india while the remaining 10 will be taken to mexico authorities said the hippos were brought by escobar to his luxury ranch in colombia