International News: Colombia wants to deport Pablo Escobar’s hippos

By Zoila Palma Gonzalez: Authorities in Colombia are considering deporting 70 hippos that belonged to drug kingpin, the notorious Pablo Escobar, Insider reports.

The so-called “cocaine hippos” won’t stop reproducing, officials say.

Escobar reportedly illegally imported the hippos for his Hacienda Napoles in the 1980s.

When he was killed in 1993, four hippos remained at the ranch.

Environmental officials in Colombia say that there are now 130 hippos in the area, with the group having rapidly reproduced and spread beyond the confines of the ranch.

Authorities say they are concerned that the number of hippos could reach 400 within 8 years.

“Within a couple of decades, there could be thousands of them,” Jonathan Shurin, an ecologist with the University of California said.

Colombia is considering sending about 60 hippos to India and 10 to zoos in Mexico.

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