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

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

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

2026-04-28 13:37:06

Indian Billionaire's Son Offers Home for Escobar's Hippos
An unexpected turn of events came when Anant Ambani, the son of India's wea
wealthiest man Mukesh Ambani, has offered to take in the hippos descended f
from those originally introduced by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. Rather than
than having them killed as was planned, Ambani requested that Colombia allo
allow the animals to be relocated safely and scientifically.

The 80 hippos would join hundreds of elephants already living at Vantara, I
India's largest wildlife rescue center. In addition to elephants, the zoo i
is home to many other large mammals like bears, tigers, lions, leopards, an
and crocodiles. The facility has received criticism for bringing in critica
critically endangered species, but Ambani assures that his detailed plan fo
for the hippos' relocation will be carried out by trained veterinarians and
and that the animals will have a suitable naturalistic setting at their new
new home.

Escobar brought the hippos to Colombia in the 1980s, and they have wreaked 
havoc on rivers there. Experts warn that if not controlled, these rapacious
rapacious beasts could further destroy local ecosystems and even harm human
humans. Fortunately, Ambani's proposal includes plans for a veterinary-led 
capture and transport process as well as the creation of a suitable natural
naturalistic setting at their new home.

Ambani is offering to provide a permanent home for Escobar's hippos. His Va
Vantara animal center is already home to hundreds of elephants, as well as 
50 bears, 160 tigers, 200 lions, 250 leopards, and 900 crocodiles, among ot
other animals.


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