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A man has filed a lawsuit trying to stop the Los Angeles Zoo from relocating two Asian elephants to an animal preserve in Oklahoma.
A lawsuit is seeking to stop Los Angeles Zoo officials from shipping their two surviving elephants to another zoo in Oklahoma. Cher and other advocates want them to go to an animal sanctuary.
A hearing is scheduled for Thursday on a request to place the planned move of two Los Angeles Zoo elephants to a zoo with a preserve in Oklahoma on hold. The temporary restraining order request, if approved by the court,
These efforts went toward the goal "to convince the L.A. Zoo and the City to send him to an elephant sanctuary accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Services (GFAS)," the lawsuit said.
Gov. Kevin Stitt made the comments as he vetoed a bill creating a special license plate that would benefit the OKC Zoo.