Local farmers might object to something the size of an elephant raiding their fields. And if you thought hitting a deer was bad for your car, these things might hit back.
Think of the money that could be made! Putin could sell new wooly Mammoths to zoos and circuses. Would you pay to see a mammoth? I would. A trained Mammoth act could headline the Moscow Circus, Headline in Las Vegas! The Circ de Paree ! Such a thing would put Russia on the Map. Not to mention “Mammoth Burgers” and “Mammoth steaks.”