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ToiletDuk
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Elephant Cured of Drug Addiction
#8879232 - 09/04/08 08:25 PM (2 months, 29 days ago) |
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BBC
An Asian elephant that became addicted to heroin after being fed bananas spiked with the drug is to return home after undergoing a detox programme.
The four-year-old animal, called Xiguang, received methadone injections for a year at five times the human dosage, state media said.
It was illegally captured by traders in 2005 in south-west China.
When police arrested the traders and freed the elephant, it was found to be suffering from withdrawal symptoms.
The elephant's eyes kept streaming and he made continuous trumpeting noises, the Beijing News newspaper's website reported.
It is thought that the traders fed the elephant bananas laced with heroin to capture and control it.
Xiguang was sent to a wild animal protection centre on Hainan island in south-west China for rehab, the official Xinhua new agency said
He is expected to arrive at a wildlife park in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, on Saturday.
The Asian elephant is an endangered species, with only 25,600-32,750 left in the wild, according to the WWF conservation group.
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Re: Elephant Cured of Drug Addiction [Re: ToiletDuk]
#8879248 - 09/04/08 08:27 PM (2 months, 29 days ago) |
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talk about animal torture getting it addicted to heroin, holy shamolies
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Re: Elephant Cured of Drug Addiction [Re: Coaster]
#8879354 - 09/04/08 08:41 PM (2 months, 29 days ago) |
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wow. thats evil
I would love to see an elephant on coke though preferably in a public place
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ToiletDuk
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Re: Elephant Cured of Drug Addiction [Re: Coaster]
#8879393 - 09/04/08 08:47 PM (2 months, 29 days ago) |
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Isn't it, though? I hope they put those guys away for a long time.
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Re: Elephant Cured of Drug Addiction [Re: ToiletDuk]
#8882315 - 09/05/08 01:06 PM (2 months, 28 days ago) |
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What horrible people, getting an animal perposely addicted to heroin for their own gain. I hope they die a horribly painful and slow death
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Re: Elephant Cured of Drug Addiction [Re: TheAxis]
#8884787 - 09/05/08 11:36 PM (2 months, 28 days ago) |
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That is sick. what kind of shit eating bastard would do that? Disgusting. They should let the elephant stomp them to death.
Edited by Midnight Rider (09/05/08 11:36 PM)
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Re: Elephant Cured of Drug Addiction [Re: Midnight Rider]
#8885154 - 09/06/08 01:53 AM (2 months, 28 days ago) |
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and the elephant carved its own tusks into bongzzz....
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