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Son of Indian tycoon Ambani offers refuge to Escobar’s hippos

Anant Ambani says he has submitted an official request to the Colombian government to halt the animals’ euthanasia

Colombia wants to deport 70 hippos that once belonged to drug lord Pablo Escobar as they won’t stop breeding

Four hippos were left at the ranch but decades on environmental authorities estimate that there are now about 130 hippos in the area