European Fauna
Well-Known Member
Zoochatters are obviously an observant group , judging by the forums.I bet every Zoochatter, in the course of visits to zoos , has from time to time spotted an "accident waiting to happen".This could be in the form of an enclosure which permits too close an approximation to a potentially dangerous animal, an enclosure which seems to offer little guarantee against escape , or it could be some type of obvious risk to the animals themselves , to staff , or damage potential damage to zoo facilities.As any accident investigator will tell you , certain risks are sometimes far more evident to an external observer than to somebody immersed in a context on a day-to-day basis.My questions - When you spotted an evident risk, did you take some action?Did you just point it out as a comment , or put it in writing?Did you just leave the whole matter with the zoo, or duplicate the letter to relevant health and safety authorities?Was your observation well received?Were you left with the impression that you were considered as an interfering busybody?Was anything done about the problem? I think that if Zoochatters would give examples , but perhaps omit the name of the institution, we could get a feeling for the culture of risk management as it stands in the zoo world today.Many thanks for your replies.
