TV host and wildlife biologist Forrest Galante is helping the Colombian government capture and sterilize the country's ...

However, the hippos were left on their own. They ended up thriving in Colombia, where they have no natural predators and don't experience any droughts. Currently, about 170 hippos roam northwest ...

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 minister said Thursday. Authorities have ...

In effect Colombia boasts the biggest hippo population outside of Africa. Different estimates point to something between 90 and 180 animals, but there are still doubts about the real number.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The late drug lord, Pablo Escobar, imported four hippos from Africa in the 1980s. The ...

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“This is an important step to advance in an immediate action plan, in order to address the situation generated by the presence of hippos in Colombia, which have caused impacts on our ecosystems ...

After Colombian police shot Escobar dead in December 1993, veterinarians removed the animals—except the hippos, which were deemed too dangerous to approach. The hippos fled to the nearby ...

Well, that seems to depend upon whether the hippo should be considered a Colombian citizen or not. How is that information to be ascertained? Then there’s also the issue of the mayor (Jaylon ...