Hollywood Rallies Around Former LA Zoo Elephants Billy and Tina as They Suffer in Tulsa

Hollywood rallies around former LA Zoo elephants Billy and Tina as they suffer in Tulsa

LOS ANGELES — Nearly a year after the Los Angeles Zoo shipped off Billy and Tina to Oklahoma, animal rights activists have kept up the call to move the elephants to a sanctuary. Recently, actor Samuel L. Jackson joined their roster of supporters. Read more...

As former L.A. Zoo elephant Tina falls ill, Samuel L. Jackson and activists call for sanctuary

Samuel L. Jackson has joined animal rights activists in a renewed push to move Billy and Tina from the Tulsa Zoo to a sanctuary, as Tina suffers from a serious infection.

Elephant moved from L.A. Zoo faces serious medical diagnosis

Tina, one of two aging Asian elephants relocated from the Los Angeles Zoo to the Tulsa Zoo despite protests last year, is suffering from an infection that could eventually take her life, officials disclosed. Animal rights activists are once again calling for the pair to be released to a sanctuary. Last May, the L.A. Zoo [...]