City planners are exploring various options to replace the former pony rides at Griffith Park after it closed two years ago due to animal welfare concerns. Proposals include a climbing wall, community garden, animal rescue facility, indigenous museum, and even another pony ride attraction.
Los Angeles city planners are closing in on a plan for something new to replace the Pony Rides at Griffith Park nearly two years after the popular attraction was shuttered and the animals sent to other locations.
Some the alternatives that were discussed include installing an outdoor climbing wall, a community garden, an animal rescue facility and a museum telling the stories of indigenous people.In December of 2022, the city decided not to renew the operating contract of a company that ran the pony ride attraction due in part to animal rights protests over alleged mistreatment of the animals.
And yet, another similar attraction is still on the proposal list, said Nowak, based on support from people who responded to PlaceWorks’s surveys.Zohra Fahim, founder of Los Angeles Alliance for Animals, called that fact “absolutely disgusting” at the hearing.
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