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Raymond B. King, president and CEO at Zoo Atlanta (center), and Dr. Hayley Murphy (right) deputy director of Zoo Atlanta, speak to an AJC reporter about the new African Savanna elephant habitat.
Officials with the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority also took aim at the pay of zoo President and CEO Raymond King, whose total compensation more than doubled from 2013 to 2017 to nearly $630,000, putting him among the highest-paid zoo leaders in the nation.
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From left, Raymond King, president and CEO of Zoo Atlanta, Amy Phuong, commissioner of the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation, and then-Mayor Kasim Reed reveal renderings of the Grant Park Gateway Project during a press conference in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The Grant Park Gateway Project aims alleviate traffic and address a lack of parking by constructing a new parking garage near Zoo Atlanta on Boulevard. DAVID BARNES / AJC
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Raymond King, president and CEO of Zoo Atlanta, right, speaks during a press conference in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The Grant Park Gateway Project aims alleviate traffic and address a lack of parking by constructing a new parking garage near Zoo Atlanta on Boulevard. DAVID BARNES / AJC
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J. Scott Trubey is the senior editor over business, climate and environment coverage at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He previously served as a business reporter for the AJC covering banking, real estate and economic development. He joined the AJC in 2010.
