In 2009, a male hippo known as Pepe broke out of Escobar's compound and went on the rampage. He terrorized local fishermen and farmers claimed he attacked and killed six cows. Protesters took to the streets in support of the hippos. A judge ruled it illegal to hunt hippos in Colombia.
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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