I wrote months ago that I didn't plan to keep on posting about the Bison Paddock neglect, but it's so disgusting to me that I can't let it go. It has to be documented.
I took a video a couple weeks ago of the current condition of the meadow. I just watched the video (yes I'm driving but I got the phone dangling on my finger using ring holder) and there's a part I'm talking about the back meadow, and somehow I'm zoomed in and it's not visible. Here is a photo showing the back meadow, below it is the video link.
It continues to be a rough time for me, so my consistency in posts, or anything else in life these days is sporatic at best. With the passing the other day of Dianne Feinstein, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to share the video and also note the connection Feinstein had to our Bison. Most might know, but there are probably many who don't.
Senator Dianne Feinstein, was a San Francisco native. I'm not much into politics, but have known of her since my teens. She became Mayor of The City when I was in high school. I saw her once while she was campaigning for an earlier political position, when her car stopped outside Value Giant on Geary a few blocks from my home, as I was approaching the store. She got out and started shaking the hands of people on the street.
In 2011, Feinstein's husband Richard Blum, not only helped with the purchase price of seven babie female Bison to join the existing ladies, he reportedly donated $50,000 to make repairs to their home. I was lucky to meet the resident Ladies as babies, they were offspring that were born at the Bison Paddock in the 1980s. It was an incredible experience being able to watch them their whole lives.
While tracking the exact years for this post, I read that in 1984, Blum gifted Feinstein, his wife, two of the Bison that eventually gave birth to the calves I knew in the 80s. In 2020, years after the last senior Lady sadly left us, Blum again donated $50,000 for the acquistion of five yearling females.
I thank Richard Blum and Dianne Feinstein posthumously, for making it possible that these beautiful Beings have been a part of my life. May you both RIP.
I throw shame to the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, for too many years of neglect to the Bison Paddock Meadows. These are grazing Animals and deserve to have lush green landscape to graze on, a natural behavior necessary to their well-being.
Note that the responcibility agreement is that the Recreation and Park Dept maintain the Paddock grounds, while the San Francisco Zoo cares for the Bison. I have no issue with the care the Bison receive from the Zoo's Animal Care Staff.
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