{"id":533421,"date":"2026-04-16T03:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/533421\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T03:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:36:12","slug":"pablo-escobars-cocaine-hippos-to-meet-tragic-fate-after-population-control-fails-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/533421\/","title":{"rendered":"Pablo Escobar\u2019s \u2018cocaine hippos\u2019 to meet tragic fate after population control fails &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxNZ3puUk9fTVlGbEcwakRSU2Jyb3ktWlJMMlVfTzA2WGoxckRGUHdlRU9Mc1dNSVlhYXpkOU5pcFdiY1hQOHd5M1RHMklrcllNN203QzJJTUtPNzA0UnZGLUtjQ205bVJTanRuVzB0YmxPb203SnJxZktzTTFvemRRZmFDeUtaN1g0TGt5YzJBVzJlVm9EcUJ3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pablo Escobar\u2019s \u2018cocaine hippos\u2019 to meet tragic fate after population control fails<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxPYlBkeTJPYVJUcEZYSGpXWW1Zd2hEb0JCQUIxaHlIZ1g1NGJpWXJ2djFnMmZIODJUenhoVENyNXcxOXh5Q1hkbktSQjl3dWxxQ0FzQ0lKMURxbUNRZmxCaVpnYTdhZmpOZlpJNThsdUNKNVVPc0dYb25BSHVBYnpqcktBekYzMkY5NkprQjlrRUs3WXFNVUVqb21mc1ZQUmw0bEpQSDVPcVl3QVpRMHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pablo Escobar&#8217;s wild hippo herd facing a cull in Colombia<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxPRjgwYktzMVZPeUM1TmNoaGtkMm4tYVpVenRqLTQtblUyMnVCSmxxdm1NQW1jY1FpT09WWUpEQThFc2NQUWlZRDVZNllYRUloenhJVDF6cFlHQ0J4aDFldi1JWDFjbWc0dUJCcHBFSVAyWmxrWUNaREdvSmtoZjIyQXhVSU9NVXpBb3JrVU9Ed2dENnAxZnU3cGRJZjA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The 30-year crime spree of Pablo Escobar\u2019s \u2018cocaine hippos\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxPTkp2NU1zOXZDcG9lY25QMDc3ZnFZVXZVT2JHVjdsYzFFczk5Qy1BZlo5TkUyMkx4eUdxb0lSRzhnLXJKQkFzalU2YUh0SldicXJHV1FrVXdZOV9faWVseUJ5N1VZVE1rdE9hTlI1RUVkNkNYdXY5YUJ3SHZmY3U4QjIydm9Ndw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Colombia to cull up to 80 hippos descended from Pablo Escobar zoo<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqgFBVV95cUxPc00yY3dGWFRuVWdkYjFfZzRZZUNsQnR4RTRJVmFGS0o5YW1sVlAzTjFUUVR0R3BfMkl5SzY0SFBvbFZPUUo3Q085UkNSeDVGYVBzdkhiN3VSa3EwUi1xRjA4RWpvcDdUN2FlaGpPdzhacXpNa1JmY2doN1k1RFNZVk5HT2tUdVJvbnRvUG1EVm9XMTUxaTA5c1lwOUxOMmNlT2VDdVJ0NGxzZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Colombia will euthanize Pablo Escobar\u2019s invasive \u2018cocaine hippos\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Scientific American<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pablo Escobar\u2019s \u2018cocaine hippos\u2019 to meet tragic fate after population control fails&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentPablo Escobar&#8217;s wild hippo herd facing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-533421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}