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Received โ€” 29 April 2026 โญ The Guardian World news

Indian billionaireโ€™s son offers to house Pablo Escobarโ€™s hippos at his private zoo

29 April 2026 at 07:00

Anant Ambani revives offer to transport 80 animals, all descendants of Colombian drug kingpinโ€™s pets, to India

It remains one of the strangest conundrums in modern zoological history โ€“ what to do with the descendants of Pablo Escobarโ€™s hippos?

The animals โ€“ herbivores native to sub-Saharan Africa โ€“ were originally imported into Colombia by the drug kingpin for his own entertainment. But the beasts and their offspring were left to roam free after his death in 1993.

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ยฉ Photograph: Fernando Vergara/AP

ยฉ Photograph: Fernando Vergara/AP

ยฉ Photograph: Fernando Vergara/AP

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