The elephant veteran When they arrived at the military base at the head of Fengshan Bay, Ah-Lan passed away, perhaps because she could not adjust to the new environs. And because the military was not actively engaged, the remaining two elephants could only look forward to retirement. Later on, they were sent straight up to the Taipei Zoo, then located in the northern suburb of Yuanshan.
到了鳳山灣子頭營區後，阿蘭可能因水土不服而去世，剩下的兩頭象因為西線無戰事，也處於半退休的狀態，後來，就乾脆被送到當時的台北圓山動物園。