Anant Ambani offers home to Escobar hippos facing cull in Colombia
The Colombian government has authorized plans to cull up to 80 free-roaming hippopotamuses that scientists say are threatening local communities and ecosystems [FILE PHOTO: February 16, 2022]Image: Fernando Vergara/AP Photo/picture alliance
Anant Ambani on Tuesday offered to relocate hippopotamuses descended from those once owned by Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar to prevent their planned cull in Colombia.
Earlier this month, the Colombian government authorized plans to cull up to 80 free-roaming hippopotamuses that scientists say are threatening local communities and ecosystems.
Ambani, the son of billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani, said he had formally asked Colombian authorities to halt the killing of the animals and instead allow the transfer of about 80 hippos to Vantara, his animal rescue and…
