The waste, which came in 10 large containers, was declared as mixed metal scrap but turned out to be circuit boards mixed in a huge pile of metal scrap, said Theeraj Athanavanich, director-general of the Customs Department. It was found Tuesday in a random inspection.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billy and Tina, the last remaining elephants at the Los Angeles Zoo, were quietly moved this week to a zoo in Oklahoma despite pending lawsuits seeking to have them transferred instead to an animal sanctuary where they could live out their days with more room to roam.The announcement last month that Billy, 40, and Tina, 59, would be sent to the Tulsa Zoo angered animal advocates who argue that they would be subjected again to an enclosure that’s too small for aging elephants.
The move came “under cover of darkness,” said Jake Davis, an attorney for the Nonhuman Rights Project. Davis said he received reports that the Asian elephants were transferred out about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday to elude protesters who’ve been staking out the zoo.The nonprofit on Tuesday filed a petition asking a court to release Billy and Tina from the LA Zoo and send them to one of two accredited sanctuaries appropriate for elephants where they would have full-time care and ample space.“At a sanctuary, they could live as nature intended,” Davis said Wednesday. “They need massive swaths of land; they need varied terrain.”
The LA Zoo said in a statement Wednesday that the elephants “have arrived safely at the Tulsa Zoo” but didn’t say when the transfer occurred.The move was necessary because the Tulsa Zoo has other Asian elephants who will provide important socialization for Billy and Tina because “keeping them in larger groups is crucial for their well-being,” especially at their advanced age, the LA Zoo statement said. Asian elephants typically live around 60 years.
A move to a sanctuary was considered, but the Tulsa Zoo was the top recommendation based on the standards of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Elephant Species Survival Plan, which considers “space, herd dynamics, and expertise of the staff,” the LA Zoo said.
“This option also ensured that Billy and Tina would be able to remain together,” the statement said.DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) —
said that he expects hundreds of thousands of self-driving Teslas will be on the road requiring no human intervention by the end of next year and that he is committed to staying as CEO of the company for at least another five years.The billionaire also said in a pair of interviews on Tuesday that he has no regrets about leading the job-slashing Department of Government Efficiency under the Trump administration. He downplayed any damage to the Tesla brand from that role, saying demand for Teslas has experienced a “major rebound.” That’s potentially a big development given that the latest public sales figures from Europe and U.S. show steep declines in sales for several months running.
“We’ll probably have hundreds of thousands, if not over a million, Teslas doing self-driving in the U.S.,” Musk said in an CNBC interview Tuesday, adding that passengers won’t need to pay attention to the road. “Like you’re asleep and you wake up at your destination.”His comment about sticking around as CEO was made earlier in the day at the Qatar Economic Forum hosted by Bloomberg.