After weeks of impassioned and lengthy debates over elephants and whether the world’s largest land mammals still belong in the Los Angeles Zoo, supporters and critics alike got only a tentative verdict Wednesday: The City Council halted construction of the zoo’s controversial $42-million elephant exhibit but did not outright kill it.
Born Free USA united with API believes passionately that wildlife belongs in the wild. Indeed, our UK-based partner, the Born Free Foundation, originated as a campaign specifically to get elephants out of zoos.
Construction halted on Los Angeles Zoo elephant exhibit
Carla Hall
Los Angeles Times