Colombia’s Environment Minister Irene Vélez recently defended the decision to euthanise up to 80 hippos, citing previous attempts such as sterilisation and relocation, which had proved "costly and ...

Around 200 hippos are roaming freely near the Colombian town of Doradal, descended from four animals that Pablo Escobar smuggled into Colombia. Now, the government wants to cull dozens of them as ...

Anant Ambani revives offer to transport 80 animals, all descendants of Colombian drug kingpin’s pets, to India ...

Colombia is planning to cull a population of wild hippos, the offspring of the drug lord’s pets, dividing a town where hippos ...

Indian magnate Anant Ambani, son of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has offered to take in at his wildlife sanctuary in India, 80 “cocaine hippos” currently living in Colombia, where the government is ...

An Indigenous-led citizen conservation project in the community of Musuiuiai in Putumayo, Colombia, aims to obtain data on the lowland tapir’s presence and understand the environmental factors ...

Source: Steven Castaño/with permission. The case of the Colombian hippopotamuses is a clear example of "bioxenophobia" (or biological xenophobia, a dislike of invasive, alien species) and bias in ...

Colombia’s rich biodiversity is increasingly threatened by invasive species spreading across land and water. These non-native animals and organisms often outcompete local species and disrupt fragile ...