The Hunt for Escobar's Hippos

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The Hunt for Escobar's Hippos (2020)

Directed by Andrew Graham-Brown

Documentary, TV Movie · 51m

Notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar’s brutal regime ended in a hail of bullets. In Escobar’s infamous reign of terror, he smuggled four hippos into Colombia to join his growing collection of exotic animals at his $63 million estate outside Medellin. Left to fend for themselves in the wake of his death, these extremely dangerous beasts – responsible for more deaths in Africa than lions or crocodiles – broke out. Today, breeding at twice their typical rate and with no natural predators keeping them in check, more than 60 roam the Colombian wilds, wreaking havoc in villages at night and threatening the ecosystem that feeds into the Magdalena River, Colombia’s main watershed.

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Crew

Director
Andrew Graham-Brown

Details

Release date
2020-05-12
Runtime
51m
Genres
Documentary, TV Movie
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom, Colombia