The owner of Griffith Park Pony Rides said he had a total of 36 ponies and all but six have been adopted so far.
A city of Los Angeles task force met Thursday to hear public comment as the Griffith Park Pony Rides are set to close in less than a week.
"My dad used to bring my here as a baby, it's really sad because it was a lifetime of memories," said Nercy Rios, who is disappointed about the closure.The attraction has been popular with families but has also been the subject of criticism from animal-rights activists. "Our contract and the general manager stated that we are not required to report deaths to the city of L.A.," said Weeks. "We have retired ponies on our facility. These were aged, retired ponies, these were not our working ponies that passed away, but retired ponies that we were keeping for the rest of their lives.""I'm the one that disclosed it to the vet about the death of the four ponies in particular," he said.
"Animal welfare laws, created with the input of veterinarians and equine experts, are constantly ignored by the pony ride operator and are never enforced by Park and Recreation, and Los Angeles Animal Services nor Los Angeles Police Department," the LAAA said at the time, claiming it had been monitoring the rides since July of that year. "The Pony rides concession is animal cruelty disguised as child entertainment.
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