L.A. Zoo Elephants
Billy & Tina Secretly Eliminated …
Snuck ‘Em Out at 1:30 AM!!!
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Cher is gonna be pissed! The beloved L.A. Zoo elephants she went to bat for — Billy and Tina — had been secreted outta the zoo underneath the quilt of darkness final night time … TMZ has discovered.
Sources linked to the L.A. Zoo inform us Billy and Tina had been eliminated round 1:30 AM Tuesday and, presumably, loaded as much as be shipped to Tulsa Zoo — a controversial transfer that prompted protests, a lawsuit and an offended letter to L.A. Mayor Karen Bass … which Cher and several other different celebs signed.
We’re advised the elephant exhibit at L.A. Zoo was empty Tuesday morning — no elephants, no keepers and the electrical perimeter fence was off … clear indications the animals had been on their approach to Oklahoma.
Our sources say the elephants had been put into crates and loaded onto a semi-truck for the switch to Tulsa Zoo. It is unclear how lengthy the journey will take.
We reached out to a number of L.A. Zoo officers, however nobody’s known as again, and L.A.’s Deputy Mayor — who oversees the zoo — hung up on us.
Advocates for Billy and Tina have been all around the L.A. Zoo for years, as a result of Billy and Tina, Asian elephants, have been saved in an enclosure far too small for them.
Zoo officers say they will have extra room to roam in Tulsa, however because the letter to Mayor Bass mentioned, “it’s almost unattainable to humanely hold elephants in conventional zoos.”
Filed a lawsuit to STOP Billy & Tina being secretly shipped from LA to Tulsa Zoo – ANOTHER CAGE ‼️ You deserve the TRUTH. Billy & Tina deserve FREEDOM!!!
Say your piece: https://t.co/9QFolNw3cW#NotAnotherZoo #FreeBilly #FreeTina #FreeTheWild— Cher (@cher) Could 10, 2025
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Alicia Silverstone, Diane Warren, Justin Theroux, Katherine Heigl and Nicola Peltz Beckham additionally signed the letter urging Mayor Bass to assist Billy and Tina. Final week, a choose refused to challenge a brief restraining order to dam the switch.
