Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hippopotamuses that represent the legacy of Pablo Escobar in Colombia are at the center of a landmark case for animal rights.

As if real-life hippos weren’t far enough of a cry from their sweet cartoon counterparts — polar opposites from Madagascar’s Gloria or The Backyardigans’ Tasha — Discovery Channel’s brand new series ...

Colombia’s invasive hippos descend from animals imported by Pablo Escobar for his private zoo in the 1980s. After Escobar’s death, the hippos multiplied in and around the Magdalena River basin. Their ...

Last week, Colombia recorded its first road traffic incident involving a hippopotamus. A car collided with the animal at speed leaving it dead on the road. The hippo was a descendent of the four ...

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In 1981, notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar imported four hippos from Africa to his estate near Medellín, Colombia. After his death in 1993, the herd meandered into the nearby Magdalena River.

The hippo was spotted walking freely through a quiet neighbourhood in Colombia, with locals watching on as it roamed near a school and approached a home ...

Out of more than 80 hippos, 24 have been treated with in a chemical that makes them infertile, the BBC reports. Out of all the animals that Pablo Escobar owned, hippos were reportedly his favorite.