LOS ANGELES — Billy and Tina, a pair of Asian elephants long housed at the Los Angeles Zoo, are now at the Tulsa Zoo but the controversy over their fate is far from over, as evidenced by a vocal protest outside zoo gates May 24.

Protesters began gathering outside the zoo shortly after 10 a.m. when the gates opened, in an event organized by Los Angeles for Animals. A handful of police officers were already on site.

By noon, an estimated two or three dozen demonstrators stood between parking lot vendors and the zoo entrance, chanting, “Shame on you, L.A. Zoo,” led by a woman with a bullhorn. No arrests were reported.

“Please show up and show we will not forget them and what the zoo did to them,” organizers said on social media. “Whether you want to hold a sign, chant, do speakouts, take p

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