Alicia Koberstein speaks on the behalf of Billy the Elephant confined in the Los Angeles Zoo

[TheHellSpawn000]

when i see that elephant. I dont see an animal at a zoo. I see a Depressed and Dying elephant.

[88arby88]

THANK YOU for supporting Billy!

[flashlass]

Well said, Alicia! Great event, IDA!

[1221solstice2012]

The LA Zoo used to have a shady deal with vivisection labs to dispose of their unwanted animals, until they were stopped after public protests in the mid-1980s. Mostly primates, when old or surplus, were shipped off to be experimented on, tortured, and killed so that so-called researchers could write papers and receive tax-payer funded grants. Here's hoping that once again the zoo will change their ways and let this poor elephant live the rest of his life as naturally and socially as possible.