LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 28: Billy, the only elephant currently at the Los Angeles Zoo, is seen in his temporary exhibit after the Los Angeles City Council voted today to keep Billy at the zoo and continue construction of the $42 million Pachyderm Forest elephant exhibit on January 28, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. A parade of celebrities who oppose elephants in zoos fought to shut down the project and send Billy to a sanctuary facility, including Bob Barker, Cher, Lily Tomlin and Kevin Nealon. After the Pachyderm Forest was approved by the City Council in 2006, actor Robert Culp and real estate agent Aaron Leider sued the city to stop the project alleging that zoo officials abuse elephants but the lawsuit was thrown out by the Los Angeles Superior Court. When completed, the 3 1/2-acre Pachyderm Forest will house up to five Asian elephants and three of their offspring in an enclosure with a waterfall and two pools. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in Washington are asking for the public’s help in recovering a pair of ivory elephant tusks stolen from the Wilson Building.
Officers said Wednesday that the set of ivory elephant tusks were stolen between Aug. 12 and Aug. 27. The tusks were a gift to the city from Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I in 1954.
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