Newborn "cocaine hippo" linked to drug lord Pablo Escobar is rescued in Colombia - cbsnews.com

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~~Baby hippo descended from Escobar’s herd rescued in Colombia~~Pablo Escobar brought hippos to Colombia in the ’80s. A newborn was just rescued by authorities

All 3 reports on Wed, 5 August 2026

What it is about

Pablo Escobar Colombia Audrey Huse Environment Ministry Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Colombia America Puerto Nare, Guaviare, Colombia Hacienda Napoles, Magdalena, Colombia Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia Fernando Vergara Puerto Triunfo, Antioquia, Colombia

Who published it, and when

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5 Aug, 17:25over 2 hours5 Aug, 19:51

How it spread - 3 original reports

Wed, 5 August 2026
3 reports
- Google News - Top Stories17:25first to report
  Newborn "cocaine hippo" linked to drug lord Pablo Escobar is rescued in Colombia - cbsnews.com
  Newborn "cocaine hippo" linked to drug lord Pablo Escobar is rescued in Colombia cbsnews.com
- cbsnews.com17:25
  Newborn "cocaine hippo" linked to drug lord Pablo Escobar is rescued in Colombia
  Colombia has around 200 so-called "cocaine hippos" living in the wild, all of which descended from a colony brought to South America by slain cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar.
- cp24.com19:51edited after publishing
  Pablo Escobar brought hippos to Colombia in the ’80s. A newborn was just rescued by authorities
  previously~~Baby hippo descended from Escobar’s herd rescued in Colombia~~
  Fishermen found the small hippo separated from its mother and hidden in the bushes along the riverbank in a rural area of the Puerto Nare municipality in Antioquia, said Javier Valencia, director of the regional environmental authority, in a statement on Tuesday.