Italy seizes 4 tons of cocaine linked to Colombian Gulf Clan
Italian agents have confiscated 4.3 tons of cocaine with a street value of nearly a quarter-billion euros (dollars) in the northeastern port city of Trieste, dealing a blow to Colombia’s feared Gulf Clan in one of the largest drug busts ever in Europe
washingtonpost.comItaly seizes 4 tons of cocaine linked to Colombian Gulf Clan
Italian agents have confiscated 4.3 tons of cocaine with a street value of nearly a quarter-billion euros (dollars) in the northeastern port city of Trieste, dealing a blow to Colombia's feared Gulf Clan in one of the largest drug busts ever in Europe.
Locals fret as Colombia to declare hippos invasive species
People around the Colombian town of Puerto Triunfo have grown accustomed to living near the herd of hippopotamuses descended from a few that were imported illegally from Africa in the 1980s by flamboyant drug lord Pablo Escobar
washingtonpost.comLocals fret as Colombia to declare hippos invasive species
Álvaro Molina has had his run-ins with the burly bunch of neighbors with disreputable contacts who showed up about a decade ago along the river in front of his house in Colombia's Antioquia province. People around Puerto Triunfo have grown accustomed to the herd of hippopotamuses descended from a few that were imported illegally from Africa in the 1980s by flamboyant drug lord Pablo Escobar, whose former ranch is nearby. Molina, 57, says he supports the hippos even though he is one of the few Colombians to have been attacked by one.
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news.yahoo.comUS judge: Pablo Escobar's cocaine hippos legally 'people'
A U.S. court order says the offspring of hippos once owned by Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar can be recognized as people with legal rights in the U.S. The case involves a lawsuit against the Colombian government over whether to kill or sterilize the hippos whose numbers are growing at a fast pace.
US judge: Pablo Escobar's cocaine hippos legally 'people'
The offspring of hippos once owned by Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar can be recognized as people or “interested persons” with legal rights in the U.S. following a federal court order. The case involves a lawsuit against the Colombian government over whether to kill or sterilize the hippos whose numbers are growing at a fast pace and pose a threat to biodiversity. An animal rights groups is hailing the order as a milestone victory in the long sought efforts to sway the U.S. justice system to grant animals personhood status.
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Biologists say the return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park has brought a balance to the natural world. But some say that achievement is threatening their own way of life. Michelle Miller looks at how new laws could affect the effort to restore these animals to the wild.
news.yahoo.comFear and love surround Escobar's hippos thriving in Colombia
A hippo warning stands on the shore of a lagoon near Doral, Colombia, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. The humans in this rural area have embraced the hippos as their own, in part because of the tourist dollars they bring in. The scientists began working on the hippo population forecast last year after one of the animals chased and severely injured a poor farmer. “They love them.”Serna said each procedure can cost around $8,500 — a steep price for the regional environmental agency that oversees the animals. Echeverri said the agency has conducted 10 sterilizations and relocated four juvenile hippos to Colombian zoos.