In Colombia, hippos introduced by Pablo Escobar in the 1980s have become a major issue. The population has grown to around ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hippos -- descendants from a small herd introduced by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar -- are seen in the wild in a lake near the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Environment Minister Irene Vélez said the decision was reached because other methods to control their population have been ...

Dozens of hippos who descended from the ones brought to Colombia by onetime drug kingpin Pablo Escobar will be killed as the South American nation looks to control its population.

Environment Minister Irene Vélez said the decision was reached because other methods to control their population have been expensive and unsuccessful (AP) Colombian officials have authorized a plan to ...

Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ to face mass culling despite outcry - Colombia is the only country outside of Africa with a wild hippo population ...