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Anant Ambani offers to relocate 80 Pablo Escobar-linked 'cocaine hippos' that Colombia will cull
short by Medhaa Gupta / on Tuesday, 28 April, 2026
Reliance Industries Executive Director Anant Ambani has offered to relocate 80 hippos that the Colombian government is set to euthanise to Vantara in India. The hippos are popularly known as 'cocaine hippos' as they're descendants of animals brought illegally to the country by drug lord Pablo Escobar. "Vantara has the expertise...to support this effort, entirely on Colombia's terms," Ambani said.
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