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Ex-LA Elephants Billy and Tina Are ‘Acclimating Well’ in Tulsa, but Activists Aren’t Happy

TULSA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, JUL 29 – Billy and Tina have progressed to direct contact with other elephants in Tulsa Zoo’s 17-acre Elephant Experience and Preserve, despite ongoing animal-rights group protests.

Summary by OC Register
By JOSE HERRERA Two months after the Los Angeles Zoo quietly — and controversially — transferred its last two Asian elephants to their new home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the elephants’ new caretakers today say the animals are acclimating well, though an animal-rights group continues to describe the facility as inadequate and is urging for the pair to be sent to a much larger preserve. “Billy and Tina are acclimating well in their new home,” Ellen Aver…

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MyNewsLA.com broke the news in on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
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