tranquilization

While some detentions evolve into a collaborative process between patient and doctor, forced treatment is often brutal, involving threats, security guards, stripping, restraints and heavy tranquilization.

“During a tranquilization attempt, the lion exited the tree and ran eastbound into a neighborhood,” Simi Valley Police Sgt.

There is another agitated patient whose behavior is escalating and may need rapid tranquilization.

The facility, armed with facilities such as wireless digital X-Ray, thermal imaging, ultrasonography, tranquilization devices and quarantine facilities, has not only come as a respite to the elephants but is also attracting local and foreign tourists.

“The biggest lesson is that wild animals should not be captured in the future without a comprehensive plan for tranquilization, transport, and translocation to an identified natural habitat, with all measures taken to minimize the trauma to the animal,” Valliyate says.