The owner of Griffith Park's longtime pony rides attraction defended his handling of the horses after Los Angeles parks officials cited a “lack of transparency” into the deaths of four ponies as the reason the city is not renewing his contract.
The ponies died in March, April and August, but the city allegedly was not notified until the independent veterinarian's third inspection was received in late September.“But given the lack of transparency and communication with the City, as well as the limited veterinary documentation related to the deceased animals, the Department was not comfortable exercising a second contract extension with the operator,” Parks General Manager Jimmy Kim said.
Kim added in a letter to parks department staff on Tuesday that the vociferous protests did not inform his decision not to renew the contract. Weeks said his focus now is on the future of the ponies, and that he's trying to find permanent homes for them. He has no plans to open a similar pony ride attraction anywhere else.
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