An elephant who once had an infamous owner has died of old age. Raina was rescued from the circus and lived out the last 15 ...
Olaf Kyros Gustafsson, a.k.a. “El Silencio,” has been accused of running a global scam in which he sold Pablo Escobar-branded ...
Pablo Escobar's hippos have multiplied and spread since his death in 1993. There are now around 200 of the hippos living in the Rio Magdalena and other Colombian waterways. Photo by Juancho Torres / ...
For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Four of Pablo Escobar's hippos escaped and managed to reproduce to a point they are now a ...
In his zoo, there were exotic birds, giraffes, elephants, rhinos, and a small herd of hippos with one male and three females. After Escobar's death, most of the animals died or were transferred to ...
After Colombian police shot Escobar dead in December 1993, veterinarians removed the animals—except the hippos, which were deemed too dangerous to approach. The hippos fled to the nearby ...
Hacienda Nápoles was Escobar's most extravagant estate. Spanning over 7,000 acres, the property featured a private zoo stocked with exotic animals, including hippos and elephants. It boasted a ...