Griffith Park Pony Rides Close After 70 Years as Alleged Animal Abuse Concerns Mount

Homes stand beneath Griffith Observatory and the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles on Aug. 4, 2022. Mario Tama/Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—The famed Griffith Park Pony Rides will close after nearly 70 years in the coming weeks, the business’s owner Steve Weeks said in a statement on Facebook Dec. 3, citing the efforts of a “few radical animal rights activists” to shut it down.

“Despite our year-long fight to answer the untrue statements of these individuals, our efforts were not heard,” Weeks said in the social media post. “This was the city’s decision and not the pony rides’ choice.”