Pablo Escobar, once head of the powerful Medellin Cartel, was one of the richest men on the planet in the 1980s, with an ...

Victims of Colombian conflict given land from Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ ranch - Escobar, once thought to be the ...

Colombia has handed over a portion of the legendary Hacienda Napoles—Pablo Escobar's sprawling ranch best known for its ...

PUERTO TRIUNFO, Colombia -- Colombia may have finally found a solution to one of the less-known legacies of the notorious drug trafficker Pablo Escobar -- the invading hippo. A handful of hippos, ...

Colombia has handed over a chunk of deceased drug lord Pablo Escobar’s ranch, famous for its “cocaine” hippos, to women ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia will try to control its population of more than 100 hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, ...

In the 1980s, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar built himself a zoo, because even brutal gang leaders love fuzzy animals. Escobar smuggled exotic animals into his personal zoo, including one male and ...

Key points Colombia's hippos are a classic case of traditional conservation (TC) versus compassionate conservation (CC). The lives of individual so-called invasive animals such as hippos aren't valued ...

Source: Steven Castaño/with permission. The case of the Colombian hippopotamuses is a clear example of "bioxenophobia" (or biological xenophobia, a dislike of invasive, alien species) and bias in ...