{"id":322938,"date":"2025-05-20T20:29:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T01:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/l-a-zoo-elephants-billy-tina-transferred-to-tulsa-zoo-under-cover-of-night"},"modified":"2026-03-14T17:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T22:46:14","slug":"l-a-zoo-elephants-billy-tina-transferred-to-tulsa-zoo-under-cover-of-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/l-a-zoo-elephants-billy-tina-transferred-to-tulsa-zoo-under-cover-of-night","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Zoo Elephants Billy, Tina Transferred to Tulsa Zoo Beneath Cowl of Evening time"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cher<\/strong><\/a> is gonna be pissed! The beloved L.A. Zoo elephants she went to bat for — Billy<\/strong> and Tina<\/strong> — had been secreted outta the zoo underneath the duvet of darkness final evening … TMZ has discovered.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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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<\/strong> … which Cher and several other celebs signed<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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We’re informed 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 technique to Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n


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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.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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We reached out to a number of L.A. Zoo officers, however nobody’s referred to as again, and L.A.’s Deputy Mayor — who oversees the zoo — hung up on us.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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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 stored in an enclosure far too small for them.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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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 preserve elephants in conventional zoos.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Filed a lawsuit to STOP Billy & Tina being secretly shipped from LA to Tulsa Zoo – ANOTHER CAGE \u203c\ufe0f You deserve the TRUTH. Billy & Tina deserve FREEDOM!!!
Say your piece: https:\/\/t.co\/9QFolNw3cW<\/a>#NotAnotherZoo<\/a> #FreeBilly<\/a> #FreeTina<\/a> #FreeTheWild<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Cher (@cher) May 10, 2025<\/a>
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Alicia Silverstone<\/strong><\/a>, Diane Warren<\/strong><\/a>, Justin Theroux<\/strong><\/a>, Katherine Heigl<\/strong><\/a> and Nicola Peltz Beckham<\/strong><\/a> additionally signed the letter urging Mayor Bass to assist Billy and Tina. Final week, a decide refused to difficulty a short lived restraining order to dam the switch.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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