Zoo Staff Doesn't Dispatch Security For Reported Risk To Animals

So yeah, same old bullshit at Snow Leopards today (Saturday March 13, 2022), as last week.  I counted 42 people without Masks, in 18 minutes.  WTF?

I also called the Zoo’s main number, and before I could request it, the Staffer who answers the line said, “I’ll call Security”.

I waited there twenty minutes before leaving the area.  Security NEVER came. I even called back a few times and it went to voicemail, which is a whole other Security FAIL. They obviously don't consider the Health Risk to the Animals an emergency, wonder if someone dropped their kid into an enclosure and they tried to call and it went to voicemail? Or do they just see my number and put it straight to voicemail? Which I wouldn't put it past them.

As well, I didn't see one Security Guard in the Zoo and I was there for over two hours. Yet there were three Security Guards in the Parking lot.

I didn’t even get a chance to view the Snow Leopards, I was too busy having to keep stats to document.

When I left, I asked Security why no one responded.  They said they never received that call.  WTF?

So yeah, two WTF’s, so far, so seriously San Francisco Zoo, WTF?  Why do you not give a shit about keeping the Animals safe?

The thirteen plus years that I have continuously documented offenses of people hanging over, sitting and standing on barriers at Bears, Black Rhino and Hippo when he was there, completely illustrated the lack of care and concern, as those barriers are still abused by human offenders repeatedly throughout every single day.

Since the first day the Zoo reopened during the Pandemic in July 2020, I repeatedly pointed out the No Mask issue at Chimpanzees, and how it made them vulnerable to Covid.  It took over a year for them to put up decent signage, and that was only after many suggestions, and finally me mocking up a graphic that point blank spelled out what the signs should say.  

Now we have the same problem with people giving the middle finger to four signs at Snow Leopards, as well still at Chimps.  

What steps have you taken to verbally tell people the rules?   

What steps have you taken to educate people why these species are vulnerable?

That would be NOTHING!!!

While you spent money on bullshit, that big Conservation sign at entrance, to look good for your AZA inspection, and the Martin Luther King banner on the front gate, touting how you support people being a voice, yet I’ve had my membership taken twice for being a voice.  That all said, my point is, you spend money on thing trying to make you seem like you are all about good, while there is continuous bullshit that is bad and never remedied.  

Why is there no big sign or banner educating people why Animals are Vulnerable to Covid?

Why is it you can’t utilize your Docents and Interpretive Guides to monitor Snow Leopards and Chimpanzees, especially on weekends when there are more people?  

I didn’t see one Docent at the Zoo today.  Do you not schedule them on weekends?  And when they are scheduled, why are most of them just wandering around with each other chatting and not even engaging visitors?   There are only a few who actually care about the Animals enough to perform actual meaningful duties while at the Zoo.  

I have also learned that allegedly the Interpretive Guides job description does not require them to monitor the mask situation in these vulnerable areas, and they are told not to even say anything to people.  Are all Staff told not to say anything to people not wearing masks in an area that is posted Mask Required?  

Additionally, I was told that the Interpretive Guides are there to give talks.  Why not have them at the entrance, giving talks, that verbally tell people to have Masks as they will be Required in certain areas, NOTE those areas and WHY it’s important, and educate about Vulnerable Species.

I was told that any mask monitoring would have to come from the Security Dept.  So I would then assume that there should be either Security stationed there, or that a request for the Interpretive Guides, to do so could be made.   So, Why has that not been done?

All these questions and suggestions, are actually ridiculous, as there is paid staff that should be doing what it takes to PROTECT THE ANIMALS, starting at the top with Director Tanya Peterson.  Fourteen years of leadership that doesn’t care about the Animals, is enough.  

If the Zoo can't Staff an area to ensure rules are followed that keep the Animals safe, then the area should be closed to visitors. Chimps got closed today because too many people not complying with Mask Requirement, why not Snow Leopards? The risk there is even greater as people are closer to the Animals and the space allows for at least 60+ people in the area. AND Snow Leopards have actually died in Zoos from Covid. So again WTF?

When do we get non-Animal Staff people working at the Zoo, which I remind is an Animal Care Facility, that actually care about the Animals? There are some others, but some, should be all and that includes starting at the top.

Not only am I exhausted by the bullshit, as i’ve stated before, I am going through a really tough time, and this is not what I emotionally have strength for.  That said, this Zoo crap is now amplified, and as I look for things to fill my sad days, maybe one of the things I do when moments of strength hit me, is goingfull throttle on seeking change at the Zoo. 

For those who like seeing my video rants, todays is here:

https://youtu.be/FZHdYaPnFDA

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http://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2022/03/san-francisco-zoo-fails-to-issue.html?m=1

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