Parks Official Named Acting Zoo Director
Veteran parks administrator Manuel A. Mollinedo on Friday was named interim director of the troubled Los Angeles Zoo.
Mollinedo’s appointment was announced during the first meeting of a council committee formed to make improvements at the city-owned zoo. A recent report by a panel of national experts found severe deficiencies, including inadequate and unsanitary animal quarters.
Mollinedo, an assistant general manager in charge of the department’s Griffith Park/Metro Region, replaces Mark Goldstein, who resigned a day after the report was released.
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