Colombia sterilizes 24 hippos on former estate of drug lord Escobar
BOGOTA: Twenty-four out of 80 hippopotamuses roaming on the former ranch of the late Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar were sterilized due to the “uncontrolled” spreading of this “invasive” species, authorities said on Friday. Before he was shot dead by police in 1993, the notorious Escobar had purchased a number of exotic animals to live … Read more