NEW > FINALLY!!! The Zoo Will Re-Open Next Week!!!

I'm sure most readers have heard this great news that was announced late this afternoon by Mayor London Breed. ... The Zoo will open Monday and Tuesday to Members and Wednesday to the public.

Tears streaming and shaking from excitement, It's an understatement to say,  I can't wait to see My Zoo Friends, especially My Chimpers! With each visit a treasured gift, I feared I might never see My Senior Friends again.  So this is great news, especially today!

Today also marks four months since my last visit, March 10.  I had planned to post an update tonight.  I wanted to note that my Petition aimed at he San Franciaco Health Department, specifically the Health Officer Tomas Aragon, was like it's predecessor to Governor Newsom, not gaining local numbers as I hoped.  That said, as noted previously about the one before, numbers are great, but the real goal is awareness.  Every forum that can allow your voice to be heard is a bonus to the cause.  

That Petition went live at 4a Monday morning.  Then Tuesday, after two days out literally seeing hundreds of people in the Park and on the street not wearing masks, I spontaneously ranted in a video that evening when a  news article came in that indicated the wait could be several more weeks.

Here's the link to the video.  If you haven't seen the others and want to, you can check for them on the channel's video list.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjmqlJd3syE

I may sound a bit extreme to some people about this, but I have zero tolerance for the hypocrisy of the Zoo being closed at this point and every time I see a damn No Masker I look at them as the reason why I can't see My Zoo Friends, and why the Zoo's future could be threatened.

My Posts, Petition, Videos, they all get Tweeted to the Health Department, Health Officer, Mayor, City, Governor, and State.

That all said, I have to say, and have before, its always curious to me that things change once I've laid out the BS for the powers that be. I'm not patting myself on the back or thinking anything past it being curious, just saying because I dont believe in coincidence.  After my first Petition aimed at Governor Newsom, eight days later, California Zoos Re-Opening Timeline got bumped up by two months.  Now I posted Petition to local Officials Monday, along with some cranky videos over the last week and Zoo is opening Monday, yet nothing else that was in the June 29 re-opening group is allowed to.  The delay in re-opening is still in place for them.  ... Things that make you go hmmmm.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/amp/San-Francisco-Zoo-reopen-salons-barber-15400320.php?__

Hope the next posts will be all about My Zoo Visits!

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SFZoo Shutdown Related Posts - List By Date

Since I now have over a dozen posts relating to the Zoo Shutdown, I've decided to put them all in one place and pin it to top until the Zoo Re-Opens.

The curiosities of WHY? the City of San Francisco Health Department allows for other businesses (Botanical Gardens, non-essential stores, ...) to Re-Open, gatherings and such to take place, while the Zoo continues to be Shutdown, all are still relevant.

3.9.20 Visiting the Zoo During and After Coronavirus

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2020/03/visiting-zoo-during-and-after.html

5.29.20 Still Sheltering In Place, What Does This Mean For The Zoo?

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2020/05/still-sheltering-in-place-what-does.html

5.30.20 Advice To The Zoo To Seek A Re-Open Timeline Amendment

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2020/05/advice-to-zoo-to-seek-re-open-timeline.html

5.31.20 Protests, Riots, NO Distancing! - Then I Can Damn Well Go To The Zoo!

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2020/05/protests-riots-no-distancing-then-i-can.html

5.31.20 Petition: Governor Newsom - California Zoos Need To Open!

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2020/05/petition-governor-newsom-california.html

6.3.20 San Francisco Botanical Gardens Re .-Opens, Why Can't SFZoo?

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2020/06/san-francisco-botanical-gardens-re.html

6.4.20 Re-Opening Updates and Curiosities

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2020/06/re-opening-updates-and-curiosities.html

6.8.20 Governor Newsom Accelerates Phase 3 - What Does This Mean For The Zoo?

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2020/06/governor-newsom-accelerates-phase-3.html

6.10.20 Sacramento, San Diego, Re-Opening! - Other Zoos Safety Plans

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2020/06/sacramento-san-diego-re-opening-other.html

6.12.20 San Francisco Zoo Re-Opening Update - June 11, 2020

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2020/06/san-francisco-zoo-re-opening-update.html

6.19.20 Re-Opening The SFZoo - Letter to SF Public Health Officer

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2020/06/re-opening-sfzoo-letter-to-sf-public.html

6.23.20 Will The Zoo ReOpen June 29?

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2020/06/will-zoo-reopen-june-29.html

6.26.20 Zoo Will Open on June 29th! - Oh NO It Won't

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2020/06/zoo-will-open-on-june-29th-oh-no-it-wont.html

7.3.20 Is The San Francisco Health Officer Killing The Zoo? Pt One

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2020/07/is-san-francisco-health-officer-killing.html

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Protests, Riots, NO Distancing! - Then I Can Damn Well Go To The Zoo!

As the title indicates, I'm pretty pissed this morning!  

I didn't plan on writing more about the re-opening of the Zoo.  I already laid out my feelings, the facts and a suggestion, in previous posts. Even after reading two related, of interest articles, last night, I still thought, I'd said enough on the subject, it's wait and see now.  Scroll to bold type below to view links to those articles.

Then as I wrapped up reading about non-California Zoos and the protocols they are putting in place, it was near 11p and my Twitter San Francisco news was blowing up with Riot coverage from downtown.  Protesting is one thing, but rioting, vandalizing, and looting, that has nothing to do with the issue, only with violence.  It's disturbing and scary.

Like most, I had seen what's been happening around the Country the past couple days. I had seen earlier coverage from LA, where there was a sea of people packed into one street near the Beverly Center.  I know that street, its at least four lanes and the crowd stretched several blocks.  No Distancing!  That right there is proof the re-opening guidelines are no longer valid. If this is happening, I can damn well go to the Zoo!

So, California Governor Newsom, San Francisco Mayor Breed, and the Health Department, need to sort this ridiculous reasoning that Zoos can't open at this time.  We need to be done with the guidelines and timelines.  No one is following any of the orders. Shelter in Place has become a joke.  No one physically distances. Only after eleven weeks, have masks been made mandatory outside, yet some are still exempt.  If everyone was on board, the whole we are in this together mantra was working, sure, but the majority doesn't give a shit and I'm sick of it.  I want to go to the Zoo!  I say re-open everything. Businesses will have protocols in place and it's up to them to enforce in their establishments. Outside, let the people who do care Protect themselves by wearing face-covering and distancing. It's how I've been doing it.  I haven't been protected by any of the Orders. I'm still assaulted by the maskless and non-distancers everytime I leave the house.  Let Covid sort out those who don't take it serious.  All the people who have packed beaches and parks, and now the protests, good greif the spread that can be brewing.  Government needs to fold its hand because whatever good they were trying to do to keep everyone safe, was under the notion that we live in a cooperative and reasonable society.  We do not.  

For those who stayed with me on this rant, thank you.  I know it's not exclusively Zoo relates, but it's all wrapped up in there.  I'm just tired.  I'm over bad human behavior.  I'm over my life being dictated by other people's awfulness.  This Pandemic started because people feel entitled to eat any non-human Being they want and because of bad hygiene.  Two of my biggest issue points. So yeah, I'm pretty pissed.  I'm beyond over people doing whatever they want, endangering others and its allowed.  Yet now, Zoos have safety protocols in place and can't open?  People like me denied being able to go to their happy place?  And more important, Zoos are being denied revenue to keep the lives in their care fed, healthy and thriving?  Outrageous.  

Now, for the actual Zoo related content.

I knew when I read San Francisco Mayor Breed's Timeline that it was general, not specific to SF, as in Phase 3 it notes "Zoos", plural.  That said, I hadn't thought about the previous notation I read several weeks ago, on the State of California website, and related news articles where Governor Newsom said, Zoos are not included in Outdoor Museums.

As I read these two articles last night, it became evident that Newsom needs to sort Zoos individually.  The layout, space, and attractions are different in each Zoo. 

This came through Facebook as I follow The Living Desert Zoo. They are aggressively challenging the Phase 3 Timeline.

https://kesq.com/news/2020/05/28/palm-desert-council-pushing-gov-newsom-to-reopen-living-desert/?fbclid=IwAR1y72nrHpNruqBfGex8RC3a0JPJvM94O8W6GvPXEi9FHHLD782eMrhJF_s

The only other California Zoo in the news for re-opening concerns was San Diego.  According to them, Governor Newsom was supposed to re-evaluate the Zoo categorization, but never did.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/story/2020-05-29/san-diego-zoo-and-safari-park-reopening-delayed-by-state-decision?fbclid=IwAR2P_5wWWGoC-JbYzPW7Ppt7t28D3Q1WymocL8Jrxuqhi5u9b5o78C6Sqyg

Hope the re-opening situation gets sorted soon because Again, if all these people can flood the streets, no distancing, no enforcement, no repercussions, I can damn well go to the Zoo! 

The more I read about what's going on, the more evident it is, ... The World Has Gone Mad. ... AND I need to see my Zoo Friends before the Madness gets any worse.

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