No African country will take the animals because they're no longer native to Africa. The latest idea on it is from a Mexican sanctuary. They want 10 of the hippos in Mexico. And they were like a bridge between Colombia and India with another sanctuary there. So they're going to transfer 60 hippos to India. That's the plan so far.
The descendants of Pablo Escobar’s pet hippopotami are wreaking havoc in Colombia. They can teach us non-druglords a thing or two about pet ownership.
This episode was produced by Siona Peterous, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey and Michael Raphael, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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