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

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

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

The government of Colombia has formally asked India to assess whether to authorize relocation of 80 hippos to a conservation ...

The fate of dozens of hippos left over from the personal collection of an infamous drug kingpin is still undecided. As Mike Armstrong reports, Colombia may not follow through with its initial ...

Colombia was planning to slaughter 80 hippopotamuses after a small herd imported in the 1980s by the drug lord grew out of ...

From four to nearly 200, Colombia's "cocaine hippos" have been damaging the ecosystem of the Magdalena River for over four decades.

An Indian billionaire says he will take 80 hippos which descend from animals brought to Colombia by infamous drug lord Pablo ...

An Indian billionaire's son offered on Tuesday to take the so-called "cocaine hippos" descended from those introduced to Colombia by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, rather than have the animals killed.

Colombia is taking aim at its invasive hippopotamus population. This week, the government announced plans to euthanize dozens of the hulking animals, which are causing ecological and safety issues in ...