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Indian Billionaire Anant Ambani Offers to Relocate 80 Hippos from Colombia to Gujarat
Reliance Industries CEO proposes comprehensive solution to save 'cocaine hippos' destined for culling, offering veterinary care and permanent habitat in India
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- Anant Ambani, CEO of Reliance Industries Limited, has offered to save 80 hippos slated for culling in Colombia by relocating them to Gujarat, India.
- The hippos are descendants of animals brought to Pablo Escobar's private ranch in the 1980s.
- After Escobar's death in 1993, the population grew to approximately 170 animals.
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Anant Ambani, CEO of Reliance Industries Limited, has offered to save 80 hippos slated for culling in Colombia by relocating them to Gujarat, India. The hippos are descendants of animals brought to Pablo Escobar's private ranch in the 1980s. After Escobar's death in 1993, the population grew to approximately 170 animals. Colombia had considered transporting them to Africa at $3.5 million per animal, but opted for culling after sterilization and zoo transfer attempts failed.
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