Drug trafficker Pablo Escobar had his own zoo in Colombia that included four pet hippopotamuses. After Escobar was killed in 1993, the hippos were too big and expensive to remove, and they have since ...
Around 200 hippos are roaming freely near the Colombian town of Doradal, descended from four animals that Pablo Escobar smuggled into Colombia. Now, the government wants to cull dozens of them as ...
Nigel Marven travels to Colombia to observe the flora and fauna that inhabit the country's diverse habitats. On the way, he traverses grasslands, mountains, rainforests and coastlines. Nigel Marven ...