L.A. Zoo Elephants
First Take a look at Billy & Tina in Tulsa!!!
Revealed
Tulsa Zoo has launched the primary look of Billy and Tina — the L.A. Zoo elephants who had been secretly transferred to Oklahoma at nighttime this week.
Regardless of many protests and superstar outrage, Billy and Tina have efficiently made it to their new dwelling in Tulsa — the place they are going to spend the following a number of weeks constructing bonds with their new care workforce and their fellow pachyderms.
Tulsa Zoo explains of their Insta submit that the couple will likely be beginning off their welcome in quarantine — which is finest for his or her social wants and effectively being.
Including that the quarantine interval is an effective first step for assembly their new associates and “it allows Billy and Tina to see, smell and hear the other 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 could possibly be heard trumpeting in pleasure once 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 well at each stop.”
Cher and a number of other different 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 choose refused to situation a short lived restraining order to dam the switch.
These new stomping grounds received the West Coast elephants saying Oklahoma, O.Okay.!
