elephants

As the animals travel they will grow in number and species including elephants, giraffes, antelope and lions.

The only options from there, to maintain AZA accreditation, were to transfer the two remaining elephants, Billy and Tina, or add more elephants to the small enclosure.

Zoo announced its decision to move elephants Billy, 40, and Tina, 59, to the Tulsa Zoo last month, frustrating animal rights advocates who have argued they should be retired in a sanctuary.

Zoo to stop plans to transfer the last remaining elephants, Billy and Tina, to another zoo instead of a sanctuary.

The decades-long controversy over the Los Angeles Zoo’s elephants is intensifying, even after officials announced that Billy and Tina will be moved to a zoo in Oklahoma where they will have more room to roam.