Hippopotamus

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Billionaire Tries to Save Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’

The hippos descend from a small group imported in the 1980s by drug lord Pablo Escobar.

Martha McHardy

Moo Deng

Intruder Fined After Breaking Into Viral Hippo’s Enclosure

The man climbed into the enclosure of viral pygmy hippo Moo Deng last month.

Isabel van Brugen

Moo Deng, a 2-month-old pgymy hippo and Internet superstar.

LEAVE MOO DENG ALONE!

Zoo Director Threatens Lawsuits After Mistreatment of Hippo

Moo Deng is a two-month-old pygmy hippo and internet darling.

Clay Walker

Pablo Escobar’s hippos

Colombia Has Started Sterilizing Pablo Escobar’s Hippos

The drug lord left behind four of the creatures, and they have now grown to a herd of 170.

Captured hippopotamuses in a specially designed pen are seen before the application of GonaCon, an immunocastration drug to control the growth of the hippo population, in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia October 8, 2021.

NOWHERE TO HIDE

Colombia Has $3.5M Plan to Get Rid of Pablo Escobar’s Hippos

Four hippos escaped from the drug lord’s estate. Now there are 130.

Dan Ladden-Hall

A baby hippo stands in water near its mother Mona at Dvur Kralove Zoo, Czech Republic, June 12, 2019.

Colombia to Send 70 ‘Cocaine Hippos’ to India and Mexico

The hippos have become an invasive species with the potential to harm local ecosystems and agriculture.

Victor Swezey