Billy, 40, wasn’t hanging out by the waterfall. Tina, 59, wasn’t in the barn. On Tuesday morning, animal rights activists — who, for years, have fought for the two aging Asian elephants to be removed from the Los Angeles Zoo — were stunned to find the pachyderms’ enclosure empty.

Tulsa Zoo welcomes Asian elephants Billy and Tina after a cross-country transfer from the Los Angeles Zoo and a successful reintroduction.

Billy and Tina, the Los Angeles Zoo’s Asian elephants, were moved to Tulsa Zoo in May 2025, and several stars, politicians and animal advocacy organizations tried to stop the move.

The last elephants at the Los Angeles Zoo have been quietly moved to a zoo in Oklahoma despite lawsuits seeking to have them transferred to a sanctuary where they could live out their days with more room to roam.

African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth and significantly larger than their relatives in Asia, from which they are separated by millions of years of evolution. Nevertheless, Asian elephants have a 20% heavier brain,

The Tulsa Zoo provided an update on Asian elephants Billy and Tina who arrived in Tulsa from the Los Angeles Zoo on Wednesday.

While many people are fascinated by nonhuman animals, most do not have the time, money, or opportunity to travel to remote natural habitats where these

Research reveals key brain differences between Asian and African elephants, offering insights into intelligence, behavior, and brain growth.

One of the Oregon Zoo’s newest residents - Tula-Tu - is being honored as the Grand Marshal of the Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade!Baby Asian elephant Tula-Tu,