So far, 24 hippos have been chemically castrated.Īs well as posing a threat to human safety, the hippos’ faeces is also said to have a negative effect on oxygen levels in bodies of water. Read this next: The 23 best films about cocaineĪ biologist at Colombia’s National University, Enrique Zerda Ordóñez, said that sterilising the creatures wouldn’t be an easy task, but is the only option at this point. The plan to neutralise the mammals and chemically castrate them in order to stop them from breeding and spreading further, came after the study revealed that they’re slowly becoming invasive. The study also revealed that the hippos had spread from their original home of Medellín, almost 100 miles East of the city, and now roam around the Magdalena river basin. In a historic court ruling, the hippos have been granted 'legal. The hippos were left to their own devices at Escobar's former home, the Hacienda Naples, after his death due to the fact they were too big to transport and managed to successfully evade capture.Ī study conducted by researchers across a number of Colombian and Mexican universities revealed that the hippos have bred so successfully that they had begun to spread across the country, becoming an "invasive species'" Pablo Escobars cocaine hippos have significantly reproduced and now there are about 120 hippos roaming freely around Colombia. (CNN) Colombia's best-known drug trafficker, Pablo. Wildlife teams fear the hippos’ environmental impact could become a 'hazard' for both local wildlife and humans. Updated 4:53 AM ET, Tue JanuThe hippopotamus population has grown steadily and the animals have become a hazard, the study argues. Read this next: Legendary cocaine smuggler George Jung dies at 78ĭubbed the 'cocaine hippos', Colombian wildlife services said they had made the decision to sterilise due to the 80-strong herd having doubled in size in the past 10 years. Pablos Hippos is told by Pablo, the Alfa male of three hippopotami shipped to the country home and nerve center of Escobars drugs empire in 1980. They are the offspring of four hippos smuggled into the country by Pablo Escobar, a drug lord. Pablo Escobars hippos were allowed to stay in the wild after his death. A hippo named lady Vanessa, who used to belong to drug lord Pablo Escobar, approaches tourists at Hacienda Nápoles, in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia, February 18, 2021. The hippopotamuses once resided at the Colombian drug lord's private zoo, after being brought into the country nearly 30 years ago, and are thought to pose a threat to human safety. This should come as welcome news to the 100-plus hippos of Colombia’s Magdalena river. The cocaine hippos of drug lord Pablo Escobar recognised as people by US court, making legal history. In so doing, Pablo Escobar unwittingly spawned a. The descendants of four hippos that Colombian cocaine drug lord Pablo Escobar smuggled into the country in the 1980s are now. The hippos were to be shown off as a novelty act to impress and entertain his drug cartel cronies. A herd of 80 hippos at the former home of Pablo Escobar are set to be sterilised due to being an invasive species. The animals are the only hippos to live in the wild outside of Africa.
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