Escobar's lawyered-up hippos recognized as people by US court : vimarsana.com

WASHINGTON - In a first, a US court has recognized animals as legal persons -- specifically, the descendants of Pablo Escobar's hippopotamuses who have thrived in Colombia since the notorious drug lord was killed almost 30 years ago.

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