Membership Memories, The Wonderful And Disturbing

 

Me and the Giant Origami Tigers

on display at the Zoo. 

This photo just came up in my Facebook Memories from January 28, 2011.  Two weeks later, Zoo Director Tanya Peterson Revoked My Membership on lies she made-up.

As I wrote a short text to go with my share of the photo to my FB, I thought I might post it here as well.  Decided I should, when I realized the last post was Membership related as well. This is not something I dwell on, nor does it have any relevance on my documentation (this post serving just that) of Peterson's mismanagement, or my want for her to be replaced, so Our Zoo can begin to heal and thrive into the future.

Those not familiar with this event, it's a wordy tale, too long to tell here (see link at end), basically, a friend and I, unbeknownst to us and staff, were allegedly a major thorn in the side of the person in charge of Enrichment, the Carnivore Curator, and Director Peterson, each with a personal issue against us for caring about the Animals and the Zoo.  Director Peterson created an untrue narrative, containing blatant lies about both of us, to use as her reasoning.   After that, several Staff members approached me, relaying more lies she had told about me.

When our Memberships were revoked, we learned that we were the first people in the history of the Zoo to have their Membership taken away.  To this day, I never received a reason.

I had been a Member most of my adult life.  The Zoo has been a part of my long life since I was a babie.   What the Zoo had grown to mean to me was immense.  There is probably no other member of the public who has cared about the Zoo more than myself.

At the time, my friend and I had spent ten months of the previous year, making Enrichment Toys for the Big Cats (every weekend) and Bears (on occasion).  We each used our own money for supplies, and spent over twenty hours (individually) a week on our projects.  This was all approved by the Keeper Staff and the Hospital.  

We knew something was not right when the eleventh month, coincidentally November, rolled around and stipulations, to change up how we were doing things, were put forth.  What they really were, were roadblocks to put a stop to us making Toys for the Animals.  I coined the Curator, the Grinch that stole Enrichments. 

We declined all the stipulation requests.  A compromise was made, only because we had already had Toys made for a Grotto wide Bear Birthday Party for our five Bear friends.  I knew this would be my last hurrah.  Sadly, I was done.  Their childish actions toward us and more disgusting, their selfishness towards the Animals, was not something I wanted to be a part of.

Our Memberships were Revoked Valentines Day 2011. I worked hard for eleven months to get our Memberships back. They arrived Christmas Eve, and complimentary, which on my opinion shows guilt.  Mine came with this letter...

I replied to her letter, and simply said, There was never any issue to begin with. 

Tanya Peterson knows very well she lied.  She thought I was some peasant she could get rid.  She was very wrong.  

In 2014,  two friends and I started sharing a Family Membership.  In 2016 Peterson would revoke again, and of course without any reason given, because there wasn't a valid one. My thoughts are she didn't like what I wrote about her in my blog.

At least I am a truth teller.

To further illustrate how disturbing so many of Peterson's actions are, when she revoked our Membership this time, she had each of our accounts Deactivated, with the notation "Deceased".  

Having My Membership taken away the first time spurred my blog documenting Director Peterson's mismanagement. I haven't stopped yet, because her offenses against Our Animals and Our Zoo has not stopped.  

Previous Post:

Director Ends Zoo's Participation In Program For Low-Income Visitors

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2025/01/director-ends-zoos-participation-in.html

Related Posts:

A San Francisco Zoo Crime - Documenting The Director Revoking My Membership

https://sanfranciscozoocrime.blogspot.com/

The Big Catnip - Zoo Animal Enrichment Made Fun

https://thebigcatnip.blogspot.com/

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