Indian billionaire's son offers home for Escobar's hippos

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Indian billionaire's son offers home for Escobar's hippos

Issued on: 29/04/2026 - 11:29

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An Indian billionaire's son offered on Tuesday to take hippos descended from those introduced to Colombia by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, rather than have the animals killed. Anant Ambani, the son of tycoon Mukesh Ambani, said he had formally requested the Colombian government to stay a decision to kill the animals, which have wreaked havoc on rivers in the South American nation.

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