Pablo Escobar’s hippos that roam free without predators to be sterilized

Pablo Escobar’s hippos that roam free without predators to be sterilized

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 female underwent surgical sterilization, environmental authorities said. It is part of a larger government effort to control the population of more than 100 of the mammals that roam … Read more

Pablo Escobar’s feral hippos are being airlifted — to El Chapo’s Mexican homeland

Pablo Escobar’s feral hippos are being airlifted — to El Chapo’s Mexican homeland

Pablo Escobar’s hippos are on their way to “El Chapo’s” homeland in a mission more daring than either man’s drug smuggling. Ten of the animals are to be flown from Antioquia, Colombia, where the drug lord established a herd on his ranch, to another cocaine stronghold — in Sinaloa, the Mexican province which was home to … Read more