Welcome to this emergency UnchainedTV Town Hall as we speak up for two voiceless, aging elephants who’ve become a political football as the Los Angeles Zoo director insists on sending them to another zoo at a cost of 40-thousand dollars for taxpayers even though an accredited sanctuary is willing to take them and it reportedly wouldn’t cost the city a cent.

In a last minute bid to stop the transfer to another zoo, attorneys have just filed a lawsuit and announced a news conference at the LA Zoo to urge Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to intervene immediately to halt the transfer and ensure a humane and transparent process.

Now, UnchainedTV host Jane Velez-Mitchell takes us to the scene of the news conference and protest as a panel of experts and animal lovers weighs in. Video of Billy the elephant provided by Voice for the Animals.