Those Two Activists Continued Their Ignorance This Week

Good grief I have other things to document, yet I'm constantly being irritated by bullshit.  Ignorant bullshit being spewed about the Zoo by people who don't know anything other than media blurbs.  Delusional bullshit being spewed by Officials, ex-City Staffers and Family of Management, who refuse to take a hard look at what really goes on under Director Peterson's (mis)management.  I should just ignore it, but that's not in my character.  It's all damaging to those who care about the Zoo, who want to make the Zoo thrive in better ways.  The foremost way, ridding the Zoo of Director Tanya Peterson.

I can't take hours on this, like the majority of my posts that are meant to clearly document issues.  So, let's get into this with these two Activists, who are still promoting their personal agenda to Close All Zoos.  Make no mistake, that is their goal.  It has nothing to do with Pandas.

This is the second video made on Zoo grounds, coincidentally only after I posted about how they never go to the Zoo.   The guy even stood in front of the RecPark Commission and admitted to never going to the Zoo.  Yet here they are, and making video's filled with inaccuracies.

Let's start with this screencap, from the video, which I've linked underneath.  The purpose of this video is to stop the Zoo from getting Pandas, using the Gorilla enclosure and a tragedy from almost ten years ago, not a few.

https://x.com/IDAUSA/status/1820942933740134677

First of all, I hate when tragic events from so many years ago are brought up. They have even reached back to the 2007 Tiger event. Both these tragedies had factors that contributed to their heartbeaking and horrific outcomes. Both could have been avoided. In the case of the Infant Gorilla, in my opinion, the blame is on Director Peterson, former Curator Corrine MacDonald, and the Gorilla Keeper at the time. You can search this blog for my opinions in detail. My point is, these tragedies will never be forgotten, but bringing them up at this time, doesn't seem relevant. There are current issues, that need help, but they don't want to shine attention on them, because their agenda is not to help the Zoo toward better management, but to get the Zoo Closed.

I chose this portion of the video to screencap, as there are two inaccurate statements being made.

1. The San Francisco Zoo holds Western Lowland Gorillas. According to reports, only one Eastern is held outside the wild and that's in Belgium. They seemingly stood there a decent amount of time, yet couldn't get past their tunnel vision to read the species signage.

2. The SFZoo Gorilla enclosure is hardly a cage. Easily seen in the video, the enclosure is a good size with natural landscaping.

3.  The guy states, "... there is nowhere (for the Gorillas) to escape the eye's of the public." ... The Gorilla house is always open, and they have the choice to come and go from their night quarters at all times.

I never expect to hear anything worthy out of either of their mouths, but I still listen.  I should protect myself from their nonsense.  Ugh, I just wish they'd stop talking.  

While I'm very critical of Zoo Fails, I will also be the first to defend it from sensational and erroneous statements.  When I am posting criticism, I try to present it well rounded and not only provide all details as I know them, but suggestions for solutions, when applicable.  It's the fixer mentality in me.  There may still be a few who don't get my criticism, and that it's meant to help the Zoo, mostly by identifying management fails.  If I didn't care about the Zoo, I wouldn't bother.  Being an advocate for the Zoo to be the best it can be, isn't easy emotionally, mentally or physically, but I do it for the Animals.

Related (Previous) Post:

https://iamnotananteater.blogspot.com/2024/08/opinion-piece-by-ex-city-staffer.html

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