Animal Lovers- Help Billy the Elephant RETIRE from the LA Zoo ~PLEASE Sign Petition. THXS!!~ EDIT CONTACT INFO FOR MAYOR OF LA & ZOO DIRECTOR &

Edited April 18, 2008
I just posted some comparison videos of water play for Billy and the Sanctuary Elephants at end of thread.
There are Now 1577 Signatures! Thank you to all who have signed!!!

We still need 5000. I am going to bump this thread occasionally through the weekend.
Just in case there are a few who only log in on the weekends.

I wish you all a Happy Scorpio Full MOON!!!
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Hi! Please help 19 year old Billy get Retired to a Sanctuary. Elephants Live to 50-70 years old. The Zoo does NOT PLAN to get any additional Elephants as company for Billy... This is not Healthy!!!!
We have a Elephant at the LA Zoo who is presently being kept in a fairly small enclosure, alone. There are a few youtubes out there that show him having a little bit of a "mental" time. He needs to be Retired to a Sanctuary of some kind. Or at least kept with Other Elephants in a Large Enclosure. Elephants are Animals that Stay together and Graze together....This Small Enclosure alone is just cruel.

Please Sign the Petition if you feel the same!!!!!

Link to Petition:
[link to www.thepetitionsite.com]
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PLEASE CONTACT VOICE YOUR OPINION TO FREE BILLY TO A ELEPHANT SANCTUARY!
Urgent letters are needed to the following contacts:

MAYOR ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA
200 North Spring Street, Room 303
Los Angeles, CA 90012
[email protected]


ROCKY DELGADILLO
City Attorney
800 City Hall East
200 North Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012


[email protected]

JOHN A. CARVALHO
Deputy City Attorney
800 City Hall East
200 North Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
[email protected]

JOHN R. LEWIS
Zoo Director
Los Angeles Zoo
5333 Zoo Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90027

CONNIE MORGAN
Zoo President
Los Angeles Zoo
5333 Zoo Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Email: [email protected]




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EDIT TO ADD:
[link to www.foxnews.com]


Los Angeles Zoo Faces Lawsuit for Elephant Abuse, Neglect

LOS ANGELES — Actor Robert Culp and another man have filed suit against the Los Angeles Zoo and the city, aiming to stop construction of a $40 million elephant exhibit and keep the zoo from having elephants on the grounds.(CONT'D @LINK)

ADDITIONAL FLUP on LAWSUIT: [link to laist.com]
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THE NEWEST LOVELY VIDEO taken by onlooker who doesn't realize that Billy is exhibiting Stress disorders due to size of his enclosure. It also shows the size of his enclosure very well.



Save Billy from the Los Angeles Zoo

1:34 minutes
[link to www.youtube.com]

Filming of Billy by People who don't realize the Reality of Billy's circumstances.

2:34 minutes
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AN ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE....
for retired Zoo and Circus Elephants or Abused Animals....


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EDITED TO ADD:
LINK to Video regarding PAWS Sanctuary,
the only other Elephant Sanctuary in USA.
[link to www.channelg.tv]

And here is a You Tube of a PAWS Sanctuary Video:

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This is a better example of what Billy Remembers Doing and should be doing with his familiar Elephant Family.



Not swaying back and forth in a small enclosure, surrounded by a fence and people starring at him.
Watch him sway back and forth, I wonder...
Is he in a memory cloud...a safety net that he has created, in his mind to escape the literal hell he lives in?

Why do we accept this Bullshit treatment of noble creatures so that somebody can make a buck$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ? What are we teaching our children when we drag them to see a pinned up Creature like an elephant swaying and stressed in a pin too small for his existence?
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ARTICLE REGARDING THIS ZOO'S HISTORY OF ABUSE AND ELECTRIC SHOCK ON ANIMALS...ETC AND THE CONCERN FOR BILLY:

[link to www.myfoxla.com]

CNS --
Los Angeles -- Citing declarations by experts who contend the Los Angeles Zoo has a history of abusing and neglecting its elephants, actor/animal activist Robert Culp wants a judge to order the immediate closure of the pachyderm exhibit and stop work on its expansion, court papers show.

In a lawsuit filed Aug. 2 against the city and zoo director John Lewis, Culp and real estate agent Aaron Leider maintain zoo authorities have withheld medical care, kept the animals confined in a small area and used bull hooks and electric shock to control them.

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EDIT TO ADD:
LINK TO Voice for the Animals Foundation LA Zoo Watch:
[link to www.vftafoundation.org]

Sanctuary for All the L.A. Zoo Elephants
L.A. Zoo's lone male Asian elephant, 19-year-old Billy - who spends most of his time living in solitary confinement - must also be transferred. For years, he has been displaying extreme "zoochotic" behavior in the form of neurotic "head bobbing." This type of behavior is caused by factors such as lack of space and lack of complexity in the elephant's environment.