JUSTIN E.H. SMITH: Inbred, feral, and hungry, the “cocaine hippos” of Colombia took to the rainforests after liberation from Pablo Escobar’s menagerie at the time of the drug kingpin’s death in 1993. From an initial population of four, the hippos are now a fast-growing nuisance numbering over 100. Yet they are also the stuff of … Continue reading BEING A ‘PERSON’: The new global trend that grants legal rights to other animals and nature