Tycoon's son offers home for "cocaine hippos" slated to be killed

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Tycoon's son offers home for "cocaine hippos" slated to be killed

An Indian billionaire's son offered on Tuesday to take the so-called "cocaine hippos" descended from those introduced to Colombia by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, rather than have the animals killed. …

An Indian billionaire's son offered on Tuesday to take the so-called "cocaine 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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