Anant Ambani urges Colombia to halt culling of Escobar’s hippos, offers to bring all 80 of them to Vantara

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Pablo Escobar brought the hippos from Africa successful the 1980s, but aft his death, the hippos from his backstage zoo made a caller beingness successful the Magdalena River — wherever they person attacked fishermen, prompting moves to cull them

Published - April 29, 2026 10:53 americium IST

File representation of hippos floating successful the lagoon astatine Hacienda Napoles Park, erstwhile the backstage property of cause kingpin Pablo Escobar. File | Photo Credit: AP

Anant Ambani, lad of Anil Ambani, offered connected Tuesday (April 28, 2026) to instrumentality hippos descended from those introduced to Colombia by cause kingpin Pablo Escobar, alternatively than person the animals killed.

Anant said helium had formally requested the Colombian authorities to enactment a determination to termination the animals, which person wreaked havoc connected rivers successful the South American nation.

Published - April 29, 2026 10:53 americium IST

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