In a legal first, hippopotamuses located in Colombia that were once owned by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar are now considered "interested persons" Hippopotamuses that represent the legacy of Pablo ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: As if real-life hippos weren’t far enough of a cry from their sweet cartoon counterparts — polar opposites from Madagascar’s Gloria or The Backyardigans’ Tasha — ...

Pablo Escobar had a private zoo at his estate in Colombia, with animals like zebras, giraffes, flamingoes - and four hippopotamuses. After Escobar was killed in 1993, most of the animals were ...

Once part of Pablo Escobar’s private menagerie, a small group of hippos has grown into a large wild population roaming parts ...

What began as a bizarre symbol of excess in a drug lord’s private zoo has turned into one of South America’s most unusual environmental crises. Deep in Colombia’s river systems, hundreds of hippos, ...

Álvaro Molina has had his run-ins with the burly bunch of neighbors with disreputable contacts who showed up about a decade ago along the river in front of his house in Colombia's Antioquia province.

Out of more than 80 hippos, 24 have been treated with in a chemical that makes them infertile, the BBC reports. Out of all the animals that Pablo Escobar owned, hippos were reportedly his favorite.

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Hippopotamuses that represent the legacy of Pablo Escobar in Colombia are at the center of a landmark case for animal rights. Earlier this month, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of ...