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Colombia, Pablo Escobar and India

Billionaire's son offers home for Colombia's "cocaine hippos" rather than have them killed

An Indian billionaire's son offered on Tuesday to take the so-called "cocaine hippos" descended from those introduced to Colombia by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, rather than have the animals killed.

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Indian billionaire heir offers to save 80 of Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ from Colombian cull

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Indian Tycoon Offers Refuge to Pablo Escobar’s Condemned Hippos

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Offspring of Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' slated to die may get second chance in India

Dozens of condemned hippopotami that descended from ones owned by onetime drug kingpin Pablo Escobar may get a second chance to live, thanks to a new offer from an animal rescue halfway around the wor...

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The story of Colombia’s ‘cocaine hippos,’ and why they have become a threat to native biodiversity

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Vantara wants Escobar’s hippos: how the drug lord’s animals caught Anant Ambani’s attention

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Colombians are divided over the fate of hippos linked to Pablo Escobar

The hippos, an invasive species in Colombia, are part of a population of 200 that continues to reproduce unchecked.

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Colombia approves plan to cull roaming hippos linked to Pablo Escobar

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

Anant Ambani Appeals To Colombia To Spare 80 Hippos, Proposes Relocation To Vantara

Mumbai: Vantara's founder and Reliance Industries Limited's executive director Anant Ambani has petitioned the Colombian government to halt the lethal removal of 80 hippopotamuses from Colombia’s Magdalena River basin.