Drug baron Pablo Escobar once brought four African hippos to Colombia for his own private zoo and now they are a multi-tonne problem. Escobar, the head of the powerful Medellín cartel, was shot dead in 1993, but his hippos remain and have since become an outsize pest, disrupting the local ecosystem, destroying fields and endangering residents. The government long delayed tackling the invasive species but has now come up with a range of solutions, starting with sterilization. "Surgical sterilizat
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.
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 decades of terrorizing locals, Pablo Escobar's infamous "cocaine hippos" will finally be moved. Some of them will go to Sinaloa, El Chapo's birthplace.