An Elephant Sized Drug Problem

A drug addicted elephant has given the park authorities at Hainan a plus sized problem. Apparently the elephant had been captured by illegal traders who then kept the animal drugged up on heroin so they could make him lead the herd where they wished. The traders were eventually caught by Chinese authorities, but not before the elephant named “Big Brother” had developed a heroin addiction that was proving both dangerous to him and the humans who were trying to help.

“Dangerous to himself and those around him” why does that sound oddly familiar?

”By that time Big Brother had developed a raging heroin addiction and posed a danger to people if denied his fix, the paper said. A drooling Big Brother was taken to a park on the island of Hainan for treatment, after cold turkey was so unbearable even his chain could not hold him. Park authorities spent a year treating him with methadone, regular bathing and massage”~The Scotsman

Too bad the park authorities didn't have access to a plus-sized church!