Council Approves Expanded Elephant Habitat

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The fate of the zoo's elephants has become an issue since Tara, an African elephant, died at the age of 39 in 2004. Three pachyderms remain at the zoo, but only Billy, an Asian elephant, is on display.

Gita, an Asian elephant suffering from foot injuries, and Ruby, and African elephant, remain in a 6,200-square-foot enclosure out of the public's view.

Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys, introduced a bill in February that would require elephant exhibits to include at least five acres for up to three pachyderms. The enclosures would have to provide an additional half-acre for each elephant added to the exhibit.

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Council Approves Expanded Elephant Habitat

(SWS)-A 3.7-acre, $39 million elephant exhibit will be built at the Los Angeles Zoo under a plan approved April 19 by the City Council.

After a 90-minute discussio...

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