Escobar's hippos plague Colombia's ecosystem
The ghost of Pablo Escobar continues to haunt Colombia as his imported hippos, once private zoo attractions, now threaten ecosystems and public safety in a growing environmental crisis.
The ghost of Pablo Escobar continues to haunt Colombia as his imported hippos, once private zoo attractions, now threaten ecosystems and public safety in a growing environmental crisis.
In an unprecedented move, Colombian authorities have initiated a surgical sterilisation programme for the infamous 'cocaine hippos', descendants of Pablo Escobar's private zoo, to control their booming population near Bogotá.