Animal Activists Try To Remove Elephant From Los Angeles Zoo

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 13: An exhibit explains the social structure of elephants near the enclosure of the Indian elephant Billy which lives alone as the sole remaining elephant on public display at the Los Angeles Zoo while Ruby, a 45-year-old African elephant that activists want to send to a sanctuary, also resides alone and remains out of public view on December 13, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. The push to move Ruby to the PAWS sanctuary in San Andreas, California would be contingent upon the zoo's willingness to release the elephant that activists say has been kept in isolation since the controversial death of her longtime companion, Gita, in June. If moved, Ruby would have 500 times the space of her current enclosure at the zoo. Animal rights activists, including Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys, California, and "The Price is Right" television host, Bob Barker, have been vocal opponents of the zoo's elephant exhibit and would like to see the exhibit closed and both elephants removed to a larger space. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)