Cured of addiction elephant was unable to adapt in the wild

Clon, who spent three years in a rehabilitation center in China, where he was treated from drug addiction, was not able to come back to life in the wild, tells AFP. The animal was a drug addict at the hands of smugglers who intended to sell the elephant. Predators fed the animal bananas, filled with heroin.

An elephant has been sent to the reserve on the island of Hainan, just after the police managed to apprehend smugglers and release the animal. There is an elephant was treated with methadone. After the animal recovered, he was transferred to the reserve in Yunnan Province, located in the yugozapade China.

Representatives of the park reported that the elephant would not be able to come back to life in the wild, since drug addiction and recovery period have resulted in changes in mental health, habits and nature of the animal. Manager Reserve reported that an elephant can be dangerous not only to other animals, but for the people. The employee stock emphasized that the animal will never be able to adapt to the conditions of life in the wild.