The clock is running out for Billy and Tina. For decades, we have used standard paths to save the elephants Billy and Tina. We have marched, signed petitions, and testified before the LA City Council, The response? Gridlock, bureaucratic stalls, and a secretive, middle-of-the night transfer from Los Angeles to the Tulsa Zoo to evade accountability.

While the system protects itself, these beautiful, self-aware beings are running out of time. We just tragically lost Happy at the Bronx zoo. She spent 50 years in confinement and died in a cage without ever touching sanctuary soil. Today, Tina is already battling severe uterine infections in Tulsa. Billy and Patty at the Bronx Zoo face the exact same trajectory. We cannot wait for slow lawsuits or corrupt zoo boards while these elephants die in captivity.

When politics and courts completely failed the beagles trapped at Ridglan Farms, rich donors and advocacy groups combined their capital to break the system and buy their freedom. It is time to apply the  Ridgland precedent to Tulsa. We are launching an open call to high-profile advocates Cher, Lily Tomlin, and Samuel L. Jackson---who have all used their voices for these elephants---to take the next critical step. We need them to form a "Celebrity Buyout Coalition" and present the Tulsa City Council with a massive financial ultimatum. By offering a multi-million dollar infrastructure grant to the city, they can force a political choice Tulsa cannot ignore. This offer will be legally contingent on two strict term: the immediate release of Billy and Tina to an accredited sanctuary, and a binding legal ban preventing the zoo from ever using those funds to buy, breed, or acquire more animals. Sign today to ask that Cher, Lily Tomlin and Samuel L. Jackson use their leverage to buy Billy and Tina their freedom before it is too late.