In Colombia, hippos introduced by Pablo Escobar in the 1980s have become a major issue. The population has grown to around 200, causing safety concerns for locals and tourists.

They are the descendants of four hippos brought to the country in the 1980s by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar.

Anant Ambani, heir to Asia’s richest family, has offered to relocate 80 of Colombia’s invasive 'cocaine hippos' to his Vantara wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat, India. The hippos, descendants of animals imported by Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, have ...

Colombia’s Environment Minister Irene Vélez recently defended the decision to euthanise up to 80 hippos, citing previous attempts such as sterilisation and relocation, which had proved "costly and ineffective.