Colombia plans to transfer at least 70 hippos that live near Pablo Escobar's former ranch - descendants of four imported from Africa illegally by the late drug lord in the 1980s - to India and Mexico.
The hippos, which are territorial and weigh up to three tonnes, have spread far beyond the Hacienda Napoles ranch, located 120 miles from Bogota along the Magdalena River.
Environmental authorities estimate there are about 130 hippos in the area in Antioquia province and their population could reach 400 in eight years.
