Sign Of The Apocalypse: 09/04/08

Today’s Sign Of The Apocalypse is credited to MSNBC.

Today’s Sign of the Apocalypse has a pretty uplifting feel to it. So I guess you could argue that it’s not a sign of doom but of hope. I can appreciate this view, but I think it shows how low people actually are; and what’s scary is that they’re out there. To get your elephants.

An elephant that had once been addicted to heroin is finally ready to come back into the wild. The heroin addict elephant was captured by illegal traders in 2005. To keep the elephant subdued, they fed it heroin laced bananas.

Once the traders were arrested, authorities found that the elephant had become addicted to the heroin. They sent him to an animal protection center to undergo rehab. He was injected with methadone, at 5x the recommended dosage for humans. The detox program for the elephant lasted a whopping three years. He’s now ready to be released, and will find sanctuary at a wildlife park in China.

So there you have it, a story of hope along with despair. I hope that the traders get the maximum penalty, as there’s no telling what they’d have tried next. Cocaine laced spider monkeys? Actually I don’t think that would help the situation.