The Petition To Remove San Francisco Zoo Director Tanya Peterson

I felt like I was on a bit of a roll with blog posts and heading toward finishing the last two in draft.  Then life crap came my way once again.  This year has seriously been the cliche take one step forward, get knocked two steps back.  Anyway, I didn't get to that goal, which was not just a blog goal, but a set-up for a bigger plan to help the Zoo.  Now the universe has screwed me again, and the past eight days I've been laid up with sciatica pain which is new to me and excruciating in case anyone has never had this.  I can barely move without severe pain and medication is not fully masking the pain.  With this not subsiding for so many days, I can't help but feel like this is a permanent thing and like I'm never going to be able to be productive again.  I hope I'm wrong.

That all said, it is no secret this blog has been a place intended to document all the fails at the Zoo.  My recent posts are clearly geared toward focusing and outting Zoo Director Tanya Peterson on fifteen years of Mismanagement, including Animal Cruelty, that has had the Zoo circling the drain her entire reign 2008-2023...  

All anyone has to do is scroll through this blog archives and the majority of my 834 posts is proof of Director Peterson's moral crimes against our Zoo.  A couple I just pulled, are two that focus on replacing Director Peterson.  The one from 2017 got her panties in a twist and she revoked my Membership for the second time.

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2017/05/what-needs-to-happen-to-replace.html

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2023/05/for-lack-of-better-title-our-failing.html

Unfortunately no one in the San Francisco Zoological Society, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Dept. or the City of San Francisco, cares to help the Zoo.  Not one person who has the authority to replace Director Peterson, cares enough to open their eyes and learn what's been happening the last fifteen years.  They are content with letting her do whatever she wants, as long as their lazy asses don't have to deal with the Zoo, unless they are coming to a cocktail party.

So, that bring us to today.  I hobbled in pain to prepare lunch, and checked the phone for call back from my doctor.  Saw someone had sent me a Petition link.

https://www.change.org/p/demand-the-resignation-of-tanya-peterson-director-of-san-francisco-zoo?

My next comments are not meant to be critical or dissuade anyone from signing this.  I encourage everyone to sign. 

Upon first look at this, it's very curious.  That screencap I included shows what had me go, "Huh".   Considering I am not aware of anyone, over all the years that I've been monitoring, documenting and rallying for our Zoo, not one other person, member of the public, who has been vocal about helping our Zoo.  So, yeah it's curious when the Petitioner doesn't include a name, only " You should know" and leads with, "a concerned citizen and frequent visitor".  My first reaction is someone is trying to make it seem like I started this Petition.  Before I go on, be very clear, I did not.  Doing a Petition has been a thought, and curiously my draft of it uses the words "Demand Resignation", but I still hadn't got to that point in my plan of action. In case it's not well-known, I Do Not do anything anonymous.  I have put my name and face to everything I've done in regards to the Zoo.  

So, as I read on, while some of the content are things I've noted in blog posts, the grand gist of this petitioners mission is focused on non-animal issues, which would differ from anything I'd put forward.  The non-animal issues mentioned are a big part of why Director Peterson needs to be replaced, but the animal cruelty issues considering the Zoo is an animal care facility are equally important.  

One of the issues mentioned in the Petition, I covered in a recent post.  The appointment of Vitus Leung, VP of HR to Deputy Director.  An outrageous move of favoritsm, when there is an exceptionally qualified member of staff, that should have been promoted to that position. *** If a Zoological Society board memebr wants to know who that is, contact me. It would be in the best interest of the Zoo.

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2023/07/former-vp-of-hr-is-now-deputy-director.html

Anyway, I support any efforts that move toward replacing Director Peterson.  My only concern is the Society's incapability of finding an ideal replacement.  I think because of the unique situation with our Zoo in it's management structure, in addition and most importantly, having to fix so many fails created by Director Peterson, that the new Director should come from within the Zoo.  Someone who already knows the Zoo.   Not an outsider who doesn't know about the challenges of our Zoo.  I'd vote for the person who I previously referenced, should have been promoted to Deputy Director.  We're screwed if the person who was promoted ended up Director.   

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