Well, then you dodged a "white elephant" that is: " A rare, expensive possession that is a financial burden to maintain. " An on line account is this: "Because the animals were considered sacred and laws protected them from labor, receiving a gift of a white elephant from a monarch (southeast Asia) was simultaneously both a blessing and a curse: a blessing because the animal was sacred and a sign of the monarch's favour, and a curse because the animal had to be retained* and could not be put to much practical use, at least to offset the cost of maintaining it".

So...you're safe for a while.....a little while. hehehehe....

* I think "maintained" was the intended word.