More Space For Elephants Or More Space For Homeless People?

The Los Angeles City Council and the Mayor are in a debate on whether they should expand space for the Los Angeles Zoo’s three elephants by 1.84 to 3.0 additional acres, and at a cost of $25 to $50 million, or whether they should send the elephants to a larger sanctuary outside of Los Angeles. Here's the article.

Councilmembers and animal rights activists are ready to go “mano a mano” (joked Councilmember Tom LaBonge), to resolve the issue of habitation of L.A.’s three elephants.

L.A. Councilmember Jan Perry’s comment put everything in perspective when she said the 40,000 people who are homeless in her district was a bigger issue for her.