For years, animal-rights advocates have pushed for the elephants at the Los Angeles Zoo to be moved to an animal sanctuary.
But in Southern California, even the elephants have celebrity backers. One elephant in particular, Billy, has gotten some extra love from Cher.
“Billy doesn’t deserve this,” the singer said in an interview Thursday. She says the 40-year-old pachyderm, who has been at the zoo since 1989, “has had a terrible life” in a restrictive enclosure, with minimal shade and hard ground that could damage his feet…