Published 03/30/2023 6:35:00 a.m.

Relocating 70 of Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' to cost around $3.5 million

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Colombia said Wednesday it was making progress on the transfer of 70 hippos to overseas sanctuaries, but mitigating the havoc caused by this unusual legacy of deceased druglord Pablo Escobar carries a hefty price tag: $3.5 million.

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BBC News

Drug lord Escobar's hippos in $3.5m move plan

Pablo Escobar imported hippos to Colombia in the 1980s, but they now pose a growing problem.

03/30/2023 10:47:46 a.m.·United Kingdom

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News18 India

Removing Colombian Pablo Escobar's Hippos to Cost $3.5 Million, 60 Coming to India

Colombia said it was making progress on the transfer of 70 hippos to overseas sanctuaries. Pablo Escobar brought a small number of the African beasts to Colombia in the late 1980s.

03/30/2023 10:03:05 a.m.·India

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NDTV

Removing Pablo Escobar's Hippos To Cost $3.5 Million. 60 Coming To India

Colombia said Wednesday it was making progress on the transfer of 70 hippos to overseas sanctuaries, but mitigating the havoc caused by this unusual legacy of dead druglord Pablo Escobar carries a hefty price tag: $3.5 million. The cocaine baron brought a small number of the African beasts to Colombia in the late 1980s. But after his death in 1993 the animals were left to roam freely in a hot, marshy area of Antioquia department, where environme…

03/30/2023 4:35:00 a.m.·New Delhi, India

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CNN

Relocating 70 of Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' to cost around $3.5 million

Colombia's plans to relocate 70 "cocaine hippos" descended from drug trafficker Pablo Escobar's private menagerie will cost approximately $3.5 million, officials said in a press conference Wednesday.

03/30/2023 3:21:26 p.m.·Atlanta, United States

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KIFI

Relocating 70 of Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine hippos' to cost around $3.5 million

By Mia Alberti and Issy Ronald, CNN Colombia’s plans to relocate 70 “cocaine hippos” descended from drug trafficker Pablo Escobar’s private menagerie will cost approximately $3.5 million, officials said in a press conference Wednesday. It will form part of a deal that the local Antioquia government signed with various institutions including the Colombian Agricultural Institute, the Colombian Air Force and the Ostok Sanctuary in Mexico where 10 h…

03/30/2023 3:21:26 p.m.·Idaho Falls, United States

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New York Post

Colombia faces $3.5M cost to transfer Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’

Colombian officials said they are dealing with about 150 hippos, all descendants of one male and three females the late drug lord smuggled into the country in the 1980s.

03/30/2023 10:22:47 p.m.·New York, United States

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