Why is Tanya Peterson Still The SFZoo Director?

I noted in my previous post that it's a well-circulated rumor among Zoo Staff that Director Tanya Peterson had allegedly been planning to retire this Fall, but decided to stay until the arrival of Pandas.  

In my opinion, this is just a selfish need to achieve something current Mayor London Breed couldn't, only to stroke her own ego.

Tanya Peterson knows no one wants her there.  It's curious that she would want to stay working in a place, knowing near 100% of her staff dislike her, not only for mismanaging Our Zoo in every way, a place so many care about, but for her lack of compassion for the Animals who live there.

A top failure in her playbook, is her lack of fundraising, which has brought Our Zoo to a financially desperate postition. While Director Peterson cries poor for Animal Needs, she and her top staff drain the Zoo of over a million dollars in wages and bonuses.  Peterson alone pulls in near $400,000 and allegedly works less than part-time.  She can't even be bothered to attend the monthly Joint Zoo Committee Meeting, which typically lasts an average of a half hour, eleven times a year, and was by telecommunication for over two years during height of Covid.

Tanya Peterson has not shown in anyway that she wants this job, or for that matter even has the capability to execute it responsibly, logically, or with any moral compass.  The Zoological Society may have chosen to retain her, even after a vote of No Confidence by Staff and her mismanagement scandals that have kept Our Zoo in national news for most of the year.  The Society Board's lack of care drives them to make no change, because that might create demands on them to actually perform their responsibility duties to the Zoo, something their long-standing neglect has proven that they don't really want. No one in the Society or on it's Board gives a crap about the Zoo, beyond writing a check to ReName an Animal that already has a name, and coming to a cocktail party.  

Many years ago, I used to visit the Zoo with a friend, who was also a Docent.  She was not fooled either.  Often when we'd arrive, so would the Brinks trunk.  She'd say, "Look, they're bringing Tanya's paycheck".   

It's clear to many, for Peterson, this is easy money.  Money that in my opinion should be spent on someone who actually cares about Our Zoo and wants to make it the best it can be.  Not just take from it.  

So yeah, easy money.  Why would she leave, when she's getting paid for doing and caring as little as possible?

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The Alleged Panda Housing Plan Takes Away From Big Cats

This past week, I was in conversations that batted about what would allegedly happen at the Lion House, if Pandas were to take up permanent residency there.  What I finally surmised is, this is just not an ideal or logical plan for the Zoo.

With news a couple weeks ago that Zoo Director Tanya Peterson was close to raising her goal of $20 Million to bring Pandas to Our Zoo, it was also noted that a new enclosure would not be built for Pandas, but renovations to an existing enclosure would be their permanent home.  

From the start, based on rumored visits to the Lion House by Chinese representatives, it was well determined that the temporary Panda housing would be in Cat Grotto B.  That said, it now seems obvious that will be the location the Pandas will live for the duration of their stay, which could be up to ten years.  There are several factors that could make housing them there at all, a big fail.  

In light of the Orangutans never getting a proper home built for them, I was glad to hear the original $20 Million+ price tag for a new build for Pandas was not happening.  Now, keeping them in the alleged temporary enclosure poses other issues at Big Cats, like reduced space for Lions, and then, even after Pandas leave, Grotto B may not ever be able to house another Cat species. 

Early on, it was noted in media that $3-5 million would be spent to renovate a temporary enclosure, which at Cats includes a yard and rooms inside the Lion House.  I couldn't understand that price tag, and again was outraged that amount was being alotted for temporary housing.  Someone I know floated the idea that the money should be spent at Triple Grotto on an enclosure that could be both the temporary home for Pandas, and eventually part of a new permanent home for the Orangutans.  It would be a way to ensure that the Orangutans would get a proper home.  I had thought alot about the logistics of that idea and planned a post dedicated to it, but never got to posting and now that no new enclosure is being built for Pandas, that couldn't even happen.  

If that could have worked out, and a new enclosure for Pandas was funded, that might have been ideal.  New for Orangutans at Triple Grotto, and new for Pandas, ideally west of Grizzlies.  Using that location would have been the obvious choice, even though Director Peterson noted a different area in her illusion to Mayor Breed.  I say ideal, because in the future when Pandas leave, their enclosure in my opinion, could be an upgraded home for the Black Bears. 

Anyway, getting back to what the most likely scenario will be if indeed housing Pandas in the Lion House is the plan.  

I looked at photos of other Panda enclosures in the States and the size of Grotto B seems huge in comparison.  So, aside from creating a barrier across the cliff, so them rolly polly pals don't fall into the moat, and building additional structures for them to lean against, the Yard didn't seem to be much of a renovation at my glance.  

In the 80s Pandas lived in previous version of Grotto A, with no issue that I was aware of.  That said, a concern was shared with me that even with a boulder (my thought) lined barrier, they could still fall into the moat.  So, with that thought alone, the moat would have to be filled.  Then when the Pandas leave, unless the moat is then dug out, that Yard could not hold another Cat species with the ground flush at the windows.  I can't see that huge space being netted over due to expense alone.  When the bright idea to reduce four yards down to two happened, it reduced the ability to have more than one other Big Cat species.  As it is right now, without Pandas, we could have a Tiger again.

Now for the inside issues.  

You can see the layout of the interior rooms above, as well in the aerial photo above.  From left to right (east to west) there are six rooms, a small den in the far corner, and a room across the west side adjacent to the Keeper area (shown on aerial view).  Allegedly the Pandas would be taking five rooms, I'm assuming four to live in and one with some kind of barrier between them and Lions, who will get two and a half (den) rooms.  Now that I'm looking at this, I'm also assuming a barrier would have to be built at the west end to prevent a visual between the Pandas and Lions.  I don't remember how it was in the 80s.  Anyway, the space for the Lions would be similar to when we had a full Lion House of seven Cats, just not what they are used to in recent times.  That and the fact that their area is reduced, while a larger area would be given to Animals who don't even live at the Zoo, just doesn't seem right.

So,...

What's the solution?  Postpone Pandas until the Zoo is fixed and a new enclosure and other expenses are fully funded for them.  

Who's going to make it the call?   Maybe our new Mayor.  The Zoo is City owned, it's about time a Mayor took an interest in it.

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The Zoo Director Wants Pandas - The Want Over Need Priority Is Killing Our Zoo

Wants over Needs has sent Our Zoo spiraling the past sixteen years.  The most recent Want of Pandas, over the Needs of the Orangutans, in my opinion encompasses the largest aspects of cruelty in recent history.  

Many Members of the Public, and a good amount of Zoo Staff, have been following my blog for a long time.  The same have been following News articles propelled by Staff provided information, and unfortunately also hearing the sensational words of Activists. All sources documenting the mismanagement of Our San Francisco Zoo under the Directorship of Tanya Peterson.  

I started my documentation almost fourteen years ago.  My documentation was based on my personal experiences.  My information came from what I saw and learned.  I have documented what I originally tagged, the good, the bad and the curious, but unfortunately grew into covering the increasing number of offenses Director Peterson perpetrated against the Animals and the Zoo.  Creating Animal Welfare issues is her biggest moral crime.  Her lack of care and fundraising, is a long list that has held the Zoo back farther and farther away from thriving, with every day that passes.

While Tanya Peterson has wreaked havoc throughout the Zoo, she isn't alone in bringing it to it's current desperate state.  The negligence of the San Francisco Zoological Society and the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission, have allowed her free rein, as neither care to be involved with what actually goes on at the Zoo. 

The Zoological Society was given the responsibility of managing the Zoo.  The Park Commission, the same in some unclear capacity.  Both are supposed to take part in being an oversight entity, neither have.  Outside the useless Joint Zoo Meeting,  Society Board Members only come to the Zoo when there's a cocktail party and Park Commissioners can't even be lured there with liquor.

This year San Francisco's (now outgoing) Mayor London Breed, decided bringing Giant Pandas to Our Zoo was a fantastic idea.  What it was and is, is fantastical.  In a better version of the state of Our Zoo, Pandas would be great, but not til then.  

I'll give the benefit of the doubt, and assume Mayor Breed entered into this fantasy not knowing anything about the Zoo.  She bought the illusion, that there was a planned out Asian Conservation area with a designated space for Pandas, that Director Peterson sold her.  Then she sold it to China.  Now, that's the assumption.  If she indeed knew that was untrue, and knew anything about recent acquisition issues in the Zoo, then shame on her. 

Mayor Breed continued to chase Pandas, even though there is no way she wasn't enlightened along the way.  I know my efforts to inform her, reached her inner circle, as well as the Board of Supervisors, and Park Commission. That combined with concerns voiced in the media, there was no way she could escape the facts.  I am very clear with my words and presentation, very thorough in my networking and very tenacious.  If she is still uneducated about the Zoo, it's because she has chosen to remain ignorant.

The list of facts as to why Our Zoo should not acquire Pandas at this time is way too long for this writing, but I will say one word and expand on it.  In my opinion, this one word encapsulates the almost all that is wrong with the venture of bringing Pandas here.  Orangutans.

In 2014, Director Peterson put her plan to acquire Orangutans into motion.  First step in her plan was to kick-out our senior Chimpanzees.  She had no Empathy or Compassion for our three aging Chimpanzees that had lived at the Zoo for near fifty years.  No care at all, she wanted their enclosure for Orangutans.  I've documented this story well in this main blog and a separate blog dedicated to my crusade to save them.  Thankfully I was successful and our Cobby, Minnie and Maggie never had to set foot in the transfer cages that I heard being built.  They got two new enclosures, and accessed them via overhead trails that led out of Triple Grotto to their new home across the path. They moved into the Dayroom Thanksgiving Day 2018.

In 2019, as the Chimps new Yard was nearing completion, word that Orangutans were on the way came out.  I think I might have been the one to break the news.  I happened to read about it, as the Zoo our male was coming from posted about his departure.  I was shocked.  Zoo Staff who I asked about it, were shocked.  No one seemed to know, and we all had the same question, Where are they going?  What I read had the male seemingly on his way very soon.  Triple Grotto was the only place, but in no way an appropriate enclosure for Orangutans.  The AZA (Association of Zoos and Aquariums) had deemed the over fifty year old Triple Grotto so ancient that they refused to send the Zoo any additional Chimpanzees.  Without a complete renovation, How can they then be sending Orangutans?  

By the end of May, two Orangutans were being housed in the old Chimp House at Triple Grotto, and their only outside access was the overhead trail.  Aside from occasional periods of time, that the female (only) got access to the Chimps new Yard, the Orangutans lived exclusively in those caged tube trails for eight months straight.  I have well documented in my blog this cruel horror every step of their plight.  There were many tears shed by myself and others, including staff.  It would be near two years before they had access to their own enclosure.  Unfortunately, while happy they finally got out of the cages, their enclosure is not a happy place.

Director Peterson chased Orangutans for at least five years before getting her hands on them.  At no point did she fundraise to renovate Triple Grotto FOR them.  She claimed there was No Money.  What was done, was a disgrace, and not one thing FOR them.  All alterations to keep them imprisoned in that ancient pit, because No Money for netting, which would have expanded their topical area and provided climbing material for their natural behavior.  

Tanya Peterson made no effort to raise a penny for the Orangutans, yet she has gone an raised near her goal of $20 Million for Pandas.  Animals that don't even live here, while the Orangutans languish on tiny concrete islands. 

Let's take note of the probable scenario if/when Pandas get here.  

First let's note that it's almost certain that Mayor Breed and Director Peterson, both wanted Pandas for selfish reasons.  They both faced job uncertainty earlier this year, and thought Pandas would save them.  Thankfully Breed was not re-elected as she is the one to blame for the literal Pandemonium.  It is well rumored among staff that allegedly Director Peterson had planned to retire months ago, but decided to stay until Pandas got here.  She is delusional if she thinks having acquiring Pandas on her resume will outshine the damage she has done to the Orangutans and other Animals who suffered because of her.  

Now let's talk about the $20 Million.  Since Mayor Breed couldn't raise a dollar and won't be in the picture after January, her promise that The City and private Donors would fund the Pandas, is a moot point.  How long will that $20 Million last with Panda rental fees, enclosure work, dedicated staff, extra security and flying in Bamboo?  Tanya Peterson will walk away from the Zoo, leaving it with a hefty annual bill just for Pandas, without looking back, except to blame the next Director when the Zoo has to send the Pandas back because they can't afford them.  

If Tanya Peterson wants to do the Zoo a solid after all the damage she's done, she should concede to the reality of what having Panda will cost the Zoo, not just financially, but in regrouping after her reign.  If Peterson ever cared about the Zoo, she needs to consider the Zoo's Needs, over her Wants, and LEAVE the Zoo with that money she raised, so the next Director can use it to fix the Zoo.  Then, maybe Pandas can be a welcomed addition to the Zoo for it's 100th Anniversary in 2029.

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Election Day Fantasy - Vote NO On Tanya Peterson For Zoo Director

Wouldn't it be great if who runs the Zoo was on the ballot?  

Maybe not a City-wide ballot, or we'd get a bunch of yahoo's, like the Zoological Society, RecPark, et al, who are biased and know nothing about the Zoo voting, but a ballot where only Zoo Staff are eligible to Vote.

If it was, we would be rid of Tanya Peterson as Director.  

And not only would Our Zoo be saved, so would my mind.

Instead we have had dead weight, slowly sinking Our Zoo for sixteen years.  

Hopefully London Breed loses this Election, and the next Mayor will take a good look at the Needs of Our Zoo.  

Our Zoo desperately needs help.  A legitimate Election of Officials, starting with Director needs to happen.  Not the Board of the Zoological Society, who is incapable of unbiased choices within it's organization.  

Viable Candidates would present why they are capable of fixing Our Zoo, and creating a plan for it to thrive into the future.   

Staff are the only ones capable of choosing who leads them.  Who has the the Zoo's best interest in mind.  

We all know, that is not current Director Tanya Peterson.  

Vote NO on Tanya Peterson.  Oh wait, that already happened, and the Zoological Society Board ignored that outcome.  A near 100% Vote of No Confidence in Tanya Peterson.  A plea for help by Staff, was ignored.

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Zoo Director Tanya Peterson Says Fuck You To Our Orangutans

I have a personal rule not to look at email after 6p, to maintain a peaceful evening best as possible.  Wednesday (30th) night, I made the mistake of opening an email near midnight.  I was dozing off when I saw this.  I reacted immediately, writing the words it made me feel, as an intended post. These are those words, with a few extra added facts.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/breed-raised-zero-out-of-25m-zoo-needs-pandas-19871351.php

Well, this really pisses me off.  So, Director Tanya Peterson lit a fire under her ass to raise near $20 Million to date, for Pandas, and did absolutely NOTHING for the Orangutans.  I'm sorry, but I hate this woman.  

And for those who think I shouldn't use the word hate, this is a woman who took away my membership twice and the second time, had my account noted as Deactivated and Deceased, because she didnt like things that I wrote in my blog.  So, in my opinion there are no words too strong, for someone of such Despicable character.  

I really find her to be morally stripped of compassion, empathy and decency.  I am so sickened and offended by her for so many things, but especially for how she has treated the Orangutans.  They have lived in inappropriate housing since arriving five years ago.  They barely have room to move in their natural behavior.  They barely have any room at all. Their home is a tiny, concrete cluttered island.

And if any Member the San Francisco Zoological Society has contributed to Pandas, while the Orangutans continue to languish in an ancient and awful enclosure, Shame on them!!!

I've had several Panda related posts in draft, that I had planned on tackling next.  One, directly relates to this Panda fundraising effort, and whether or not Director Peterson would be allowed to fundraise under the Board of Supervisors stipulation granted to the Mayor.  I inquired with the Office of a Supervisor who has been helpful with information, and was sent a detailed notation of that situation.  That was a couple months ago, and I just haven't gotten to yet.  At first glance that info would have also required me to contact another entity. With all the other stuff in the past couple months and the Coyote Murder project, I just haven't had the time or energy.  I honestly didn't think the funds would be raised, because frankly,  How is the Zoo going to pay for all the annual expenses aside from the enclosure cost?  Anyway, will see about putting forth those drafts next week, even though some of them may not apply any longer.

So, I guess I just wrote this to bash Director Peterson.  She kept the Orangutans in caged tubes for eight months straight, because she said there was no money for an enclosure for them, but will throw double digit millions towards an enclosure for Pandas, who don't even live here.  That's a moral crime.

Tanya Peterson has no business being in charge of an Animal Care Facility.  

What a Disgraceful human she is. 

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Bon Voyage Akobi! - Pygmy Hippo Moves To Houston & Gets His Identity Back

The Zoo's Pygmy Hippo Akobi left this past Monday for his new home at the Houston Zoo.  I spent some extended time with him the previous week, knowing it would be the last time I'd see him.  I told him I loved him, and I was happy to have known him.  I thanked him for the friendship, and said, I hope you like your new home.  I told him he would be getting a girlfriend, and hope he likes her, and makes babie Akobi's.

I found out about his move in March and posted about it, as it was already in the Animal Transaction Document.  With that notation, I didn't know when he would be leaving, it could have been anytime since the Zoo usually never warns people.  I soon found out it wouldn't be til November and confirmed my suspicion, that it was for breeding.  I knew he had a breeding recommendation, as before he even arrived in SF the rumor was we would eventually get a female.  We never did. In hindsight, it's not space logical that would have happened, only wishful thinking.   

Been waiting all week for Houston to announce his arrival, and finally they did on Friday.  So happy he arrived safely and looks to be settling in ok.  And that they are using his real name!  That makes my soul smile.

I Love that Houston Zoo has changed their Facebook cover photo to Akobi!

and added this video...

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=969382635226091&id=100064630906396

and welcome blog post...

https://www.houstonzoo.org/blog/hippo-awesome-mus-news/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGUiuBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVfe5PzZcAKY7Dr_odMNYJuzyk1plbwaGzxLwBHsKUbxkAByunKDklqTgw_aem_mD5EUiQ1RB8NyvLmq0rM1Q

The next day they posted this...

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=969647968532891&id=100064630906396

I just Love seeing his real name.  Precious Akobi never has to be referred to as "Udo" again.  He, like Tucker before him, has regained his identity.  Thank you Houston Zoo!

Akobi has also been making a splash on media, as many news outlets have picked up his arrival, some also referencing Thailand's babie Pygmy Hippo Moo Deng, who has become a social media sensation.  

So happy he has his name back, and is being celebrated, as he should be!

Hope you enjoy your new home Akobi, I miss you already my sweet friend ❤ Love you and look forward to following your new journey in life.

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Today is National Bison Day - Will The RecPark Ever Show Them Some Respect?

 My Photo of One of Our Ladies

circa 2013

Even though there is no real updated information at this time, I just wanted to recognize this Day for Our Lady Bison.  They make me smile when I see them, every day I'm out of the house.  Their home, makes me frown.

The past month I've been trying to wrap-up the posts I have in draft, that I feel are most necessary to my mismanagement documentation goals.  While the Bison Sprinkler issue is not a Zoo mismanagement issue, it is a RecPark negligence issue, which fails into the same realm.  It also continues the example of RecPark negligence that played a major part in the previously documented Coyote event.

For those just tuning in, it is the responsibility of the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department to maintain the Bison Paddock enclosure, while the Zoo Animal Staff care for the Bison.  The RecPark has been negligent in their responsibility by withholding hydration to the Paddock, either when the Sprinklers have been broken or when they have not turned them on.  During non-rain days the Bison Meadow is dried out and void of vegetation.  Bison are grazing Animals, and the lack of healthy green vegetation, denies them of their natural behavior.  

For more details see my previous post from September 30, that also includes recent videos.

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2024/10/sf-recpark-knowingly-lets-bison-meadow.html

A couple weeks ago, I received all the Maintenance Documents for the Bison Paddock, but with other projects it's one of the things I haven't fully investigated. The Bison and the Zoo's Orangutans are the two issues I will never give up on.  These Animals deserve better.  They deserve to have homes that allow them to experience their natural behaviors.  

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More Regarding Coyote Story - Death and Negligence - (Non-SFZoo)

After my last post, I started reading comments to the News Story, posted on Twitter and YouTube.  I probably shouldn't read comments, especially on those two forums, but I do.  That was the catalyst for this third post, but not the only reason.  

For the most part people seem to get the main issue of this whole situation, which as I've previously said, was the Murder of an innocent four month old Pup.  As well, the lies put forth to media, to create the narrative that they wanted to give the public.  

The first comment on Twitter was a guy who started by calling me Ma'am lol!   He went on to try and school me that they (Coyotes) aren't like Dogs.  Idiots (plural, as there was another brainiac that said the same), they are related to Dogs.  

For those who may not have watched the News Story, in part of my interview I likened the murdered Coyote Pup, to that of a Domestic Puppy of the same age.  I was obviously referring to appearance, not behavior, although there are Domestic Dogs that attack and hunt as well.  I have seen off-leash Dogs go after Waterfowl, and one specifically attacked a Duck at Stow Lake, leaving it with a quarter size hole in its neck.  As well, someone I knew as a kid had St Bernard's on their ranch, who broke free of night chains to kill the neighbors Sheep.

Make NO mistake, Killing an innocent Coyote Pup, is visually, and possibly behaviorally,  exactly like killing a Domestic Dog Puppy.

I also want to add another Document from those I had requested.  If you've read my previous post, you have seen the others I posted.  One showed the correspondence between officials that noted, the Pup was euthanized (murdered) because it wouldn't be able to survive without Parents, who shooters sought to kill.  Additional correspondence after the second night of the USDA Killing Spree, showed dialog about disturbing the Dens, looking for the Female (the Mama) who they shot but couldn't find.  Note: She got away and survived.  

From all the facts in these Documents, it seems an obvious assumption that, when they did disturb the Dens, if they had found additional Pups, they too would have been murdered.  

It makes me sick. ... Thankfully, the Mother and either the Father or another surviving yearling, must have returned and in between the horror, moved the other Pups.

This whole event was mishandled, and it's no surprise that RecPark General Manager Phil Ginsburg and Spokesperson Tamara Aparton would not agree to be interviewed.  I think the biggest reason they declined is because they (none of the Officials) don't feel they have to answer to anyone for anything.  Unfortunately, in this case, they will never take responsibility for anything.

One of the problems the RecPark has, that was a main issue in this event, was lack of awareness and neglegent action by their department.  They dropped the ball on posting Den Site signage and using other awareness outreach.  Additionally, from my experience, the RecPark doesn't want to hear any opinions, or suggestions by members of the public.  Even when some members of the public, may know more than they do, because it's a passion of theirs to learn everything about a subject, not just a job they collect a paycheck from.

I'm speaking from my experience dealing with the RecPark Dept. in regards to the Bison and abandoned Domestic Ducks.  I even had one guy who works in the office that handles Wildlife, not know the difference between Domestic and Wild Ducks.  That's fine I guess, but don't argue the points someone who does know, makes.  

When I started researching the Botanical Garden Coyote event, I found Janet Kessler who was interviewed in the News Story.  She knows Coyotes, like I know the Zoo.  She is completely invested in knowing everything she can.  As a member of the public, her knowledge and offering of help is viewed as a nuisance, to the point where they ridicule her and anyone who supports her.  She gave them suggestions on Den Site signage prior to this event.  As well, as soon as the biting incident happened, she offered her knowledge about the Family and Coyote Family dynamics, specifically about raising young.  They ignored her advice.  Had they listened to her, not only might this biting incident not have happened, but that Pup might still be alive.  If they took the time to educate themselves, either by advice offered, or on their own, which should be a job requirement, things might have played out different.  Den Site signage, awareness and area guidelines could have prevented the biting, and knowledge of Coyote Family dynamics in raising young, might not have had the shooters so trigger happy.  Although it did seem their agenda was to shoot any Coyote they saw.  

An unforgivable, and unconscionable action, from all angles.

Previous Posts:

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2024/10/kgo-news-coyote-story-link-my.html

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2024/10/kgo-news-tackles-my-coyote-murder-story.html

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