Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' can be legally recognized ... - NBC News
WEBThe offspring of hippos once owned by Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar can be recognized as people or “interested persons” with legal rights in the U.S. following a federal court order.
How a drugs lord's 'cocaine hippos' got out of control in Colombia
WEBMay 8, 2023 · A drugs lord's exotic pets got out of control in Colombia — it's the tale of the so-called "cocaine hippos." SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: The late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar had a taste for the...
Pablo Escobar's Multiplying 'Cocaine Hippos' Will Be Sterilized in ...
WEBNov 22, 2023 · Colombia has begun sterilizing an invasive herd of hippos dominating rivers near Hacienda Nápoles, the former estate of drug lord Pablo Escobar. The roughly 170 hippopotamuses are descended...
Pablo Escobar's "cocaine hippos" won't stop multiplying ... - CBS News
WEBMar 3, 2023 · Colombia is proposing transferring at least 70 hippopotamuses that live near Pablo Escobar's former ranch - descendants of four imported from Africa illegally by the late drug lord in the...
As Pablo Escobar's "cocaine hippos" keep multiplying ... - CBS News
WEBNov 3, 2023 · 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, through ...
Pablo Escobar: Why scientists want to kill Colombia's hippos - BBC
WEBThe rise of the so-called "cocaine hippos" began in 1993 after authorities killed Pablo Escobar and seized his luxury estate Hacienda Napoles, about 250km (155 miles) north-west of the...
Pablo Escobar's "cocaine hippos" are legally people, U.S ... - CBS News
WEBOct 26, 2021 · The offspring of hippos once owned by Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar can be recognized as people or "interested persons" with legal rights in the U.S. following a federal court order.
Colombia to Sterilize Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’
WEBNov 18, 2023 · Colombia to Sterilize Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’. The drug kingpin brought four hippos to his estate in the 1980s. Officials estimate that about 170 now roam Colombia, and say the ...
US judge: Pablo Escobar’s cocaine hippos legally ‘people’
WEBOct 25, 2021 · A U.S. court order says the offspring of hippos once owned by Escobar can be recognized as people with legal rights in the U.S. The case involves a lawsuit against the Colombian government over whether to kill or sterilize the hippos whose numbers are growing at a fast pace.
Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' top 200, twice as many as we …
WEBJun 7, 2023 · Thirty years after Pablo Escobar's death in 1993, the notorious cartel leader's "cocaine hippos" are still wreaking havoc in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. A new study of the...