L.A. Zoo puts elephant program on pause, relocates Billy and Tina

The L.A. Zoo is putting an indefinite pause on its elephant program and relocating its two remaining herd members, Billy and Tina, to Oklahoma, where they will live in a newly expanded elephant habit at the Tulsa Zoo.

The elephant program has been criticized by animal rights advocates for decades because of its small enclosure size and history of deaths and health challenges among its…