Colombia will cull some of the 166 hippos descended from a small herd imported by deceased drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, the country's environment
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Colombia will cull some of the 166 hippos descended from a small herd imported by deceased drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, the country's environment
By Hafsa Khalil, CNN (CNN) — Pablo Escobar’s notorious “cocaine hippos” are facing a cull, according to a statement from Colombia’s minister of environment and sustainable development Thursday. The herd, which the Colombian government said currently stands at 169 animals, has rapidly reproduced from…
The notorious drug lord smuggled four hippos into the country to keep at his luxurious country estate. Now their descendants are considered an invasive species.
After Pablo Escobar's death, the so-called "cocaine hippos" were left to roam freely and environmental authorities have been helpless to curb their numbers.
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 sterilization, the transfer of hippos to other countries and possibly euthanasia.
