Cher Indicators Letter to L.A. Mayor Protesting Switch of Zoo Elephants to Tulsa

Cher is utilizing her starpower for the great of Los Angeles’ beloved zoo elephants Tina and Billy once more … signing a letter despatched to Mayor Karen Bass to demand the beloved creatures be transferred from the L.A. Zoo to a sanctuary — and to not the Tulsa, Oklahoma zoo as deliberate.

Cher seems on the checklist signed by a number of celebs — equivalent to Alicia Silverstone, Diane Warren, Katherine Heigl, Nicola Peltz Beckham and Justin Theroux — that was delivered to L.A.’s mayor Monday to advocate for the well being and well-being of the zoo’s longtime resident elephants.

The letter argues the organized switch of Billy and Tina to Tulsa to affix 5 different Asian elephants will solely worsen their struggling, and that they should be launched to a correct elephant sanctuary to allow them to “dwell their twilight years with liberty and dignity.”

The Los Angeles Zoo has been below hearth for years over its tight elephant enclosure … and the letter to Mayor Bass even claims Tina and Billy have signs of zoochosis — a psychological sickness that may develop in animals held in captivity, per In Protection of Animals —  equivalent to “functionless, repetitive motions equivalent to rocking, swaying and head bobbing.”

The letter argues that despite the fact that the Tulsa Zoo might have a bit extra room for Tina and Billy, “it’s practically unimaginable to humanely maintain elephants in conventional zoos.”

Much more, the letter says the switch is a waste of cash — costing taxpayers $44,000 throughout a time when Mayor Bass is slashing jobs to save lots of money.

The letter states there’s a “dire urgency” for motion, because the switch is anticipated to happen any day, exemplified by the shackles round their legs.

TMZ has reached out to the L.A. Zoo and Mayor Bass for remark … up to now, no phrase again.

The urgent letter comes lower than two weeks after Cher publicly expressed her help of L.A. resident John Kelly‘s lawsuit to dam the transfer.

Much like the letter … Cher stated on the time, Billy and Tina deserve a peaceable finish to their lives after being confined for many years.