Drug lord's ranch now home to hippos

[Guest guest]

http://asia.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/01/23/colombia.hippos.reut/

 

Drug lord's ranch now home to hippos

Animals once belonged to coke kingpin Escobar

 

Excerpt:

The hippos are all that remain of Escobar's private zoo. In his heyday in

the 1980s, Escobar imported elephants, rhinoceroses, lions, giraffes and

other exotic beasts to his lavish ranch at Puerto Triunfo, 100 miles north

of Bogota in central Colombia, as a testament to his fabulous wealth.

 

The hippos are all that remain of Escobar's private zoo. In his heyday in

the 1980s, Escobar imported elephants, rhinoceroses, lions, giraffes and

other exotic beasts to his lavish ranch at Puerto Triunfo, 100 miles north

of Bogota in central Colombia, as a testament to his fabulous wealth.