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Hippos

Loaded For Bear: are the feral hippos of a Colombian drug lord alien invaders or ecological trend-setters?

Business Maverick

Loaded For Bear: are the feral hippos of a Colombian drug lord alien invaders or ecological trend-setters?

By Ed Stoddard

Restricting the trade in hippo parts is not necessarily the best option for African conservation

Our Burning Planet

Restricting the trade in hippo parts is not necessarily the best option for African conservation

By Gail Thomson

The hefty problem of castrating Pablo Escobar’s hippos

World

The hefty problem of castrating Pablo Escobar’s hippos

By J Brooks Spector

The strange tale of Pablo Escobar and his roaming river monsters – hippopotami

World

The strange tale of Pablo Escobar and his roaming river monsters – hippopotami

By Don Pinnock