Indian billionaireโs son offers to house Pablo Escobarโs hippos at his private zoo
29 April 2026 at 07:00
Anant Ambani revives offer to transport 80 animals, all descendants of Colombian drug kingpinโs pets, to India
It remains one of the strangest conundrums in modern zoological history โ what to do with the descendants of Pablo Escobarโs 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