Last weekend I posted about the experience I had at the Zoo Friday July 12.
iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2024/07/barrier-breaching-and-security-fails.html
Unfortunately, it was nothing new. In my sixteen years of Zoo experiences, the outcome of Barrier Breaching Visitors being held responsible for their actions, is still nothing. The list of offenses toward Our Zoo Friends is long, and unpunished.
In my previous post, I note that I would be contacting the RecPark Commission about this ongoing issue. I then realized after my post that there could be readers not familiar with the barriers I was referencing. So, this past week I made short videos of each enclosure barrier that I think is vulnerable to getting Our Animals killed in the event of extreme breaching that could end with human/animal contact.
These are the videos. Some I've added some notations regarding the length of barrier, and what kind of signage there is, or isn't.
*Black Rhino ... Approx 100 feet of barrier
*Hippo
https://youtube.com/watch?v=su7TQxM67i4&si=MW4BoSIrXtsvW8Y-
*Snow Leopard
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rB11VlMYOAU&si=cQml6_K0zWShWrfV
*Jaguar
https://youtube.com/watch?v=gpo8DHV7IFQ&si=v8hK0RgJJuil4NWJ
Two on the barrier as I walked up to film it.
*Grizzly Bears ... Approx 145 feet of barrier, One crappy sign.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=V2tybNyYDp8&si=5JUs8QoPAHzulFw3
*Black Bears ... Approx 152 feet of barrier, five signs of varying size and worth
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vo7hjjJUOfo&si=xs5dNubb7-z19yM_
*One Horned Rhino ... Approx 156 feet of barrier, No signs
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-rMDext8vio&si=GGV6rSCy3Sb3T0uf
They are listed in the order I filmed and uploaded them, not the order I consider most vulnerable, and in need of an addition to the current barrier. I put Black Rhino at the top of the list, and Bears (both), right behind it.
In my previous post I mention a new fence that recently went up at Chimpanzees. I didn't have a photo, now I do. It's the spikes I like. Adding 2-3 feet of this style in a jagged position, to the tops of the existing vulnerable barriers, I think would put a stop for the most part, to the barrier issue.
Here's a rub for ya, ...
This Approx 100 foot fence is a barrier for a friggin Garden!
You can't walk in the gardens, but you can stand on animal enclosure barriers.
Help Me.
Please help preserve Our Animals Lives by remaining off and behind barriers.
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