Colombia to cull up to 80 hippos linked to drug lord Pablo Escobar
Introduced by Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, the hippos are a tourist attraction but a headache for authorities and locals.
![A visitor feeds a hippo at the Hacienda Napoles Park in the former ranch of drug lord Pablo Escobar. [Ivan Valencia/AP]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AP20045675249141.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![French actress and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot poses in an office of the French National Assembly in Paris after a conference criticizing the transport of live animals to the slaughterhouse [Jack Guez/AFP]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/000_896C6KG-1766918156.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![A forestry agent puts a dead stork inside a trash bag found in a field next to the Manzanares river in Perales del Rio, near Madrid, Spain on Dec. 12, 2025. Forestry agents have collected hundreds of dead storks along wetlands in southeastern Madrid, as authorities have confirmed four outbreaks of bird flu in wild birds in the region. [Susana Vera/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/image-1765572551.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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