L.A. Zoo Elephants
First Have a look at Billy & Tina in Tulsa!!!
Printed Might 22, 2025 3:45 PM PDT
Tulsa Zoo has launched the primary look of Billy and Tina — the L.A. Zoo elephants who had been secretly transferred to Oklahoma in the dark this week.
Regardless of many protests and movie star outrage, Billy and Tina have efficiently made it to their new dwelling in Tulsa — the place they may spend the subsequent a number of weeks constructing bonds with their new care staff and their fellow pachyderms.
Tulsa Zoo explains of their Insta publish that the couple shall be beginning off their welcome in quarantine — which is finest for his or her social wants and nicely being.
Including that the quarantine interval is an effective first step for assembly their new buddies and “it permits Billy and Tina to see, odor and listen to the opposite elephants from a distance as they acclimate.” They will not be obtainable for some time for human guests to see, past the occasional glimpse of their new digs.
The caption says the 2 might be heard trumpeting in pleasure after they had been launched to their Elephant Protect Barn.
The elephant’s new casa reveals particulars of the 26-hour street journey the pair endured — together with breaks each couple of hours for hay, cantaloupe, romaine lettuce and water — describing the elephants as “calm,” saying they “ate and drank nicely at every cease.”
Cher and several other celebs signed a letter urging L.A. Mayor Karen Bass to assist Billy and Tina, however their efforts had been ignored when the animals had been transferred in secret at 1:30 AM Tuesday. Final week, a decide refused to situation a brief restraining order to dam the switch.
These new stomping grounds obtained the West Coast elephants saying Oklahoma, O.Ok.!
