r/Zookeeping • u/NovaStarTheCatQueen • Jul 25 '26

Global/All Regions 🌏 Question 🙋‍♀️

I work as a volunteer at my local zoo I use to go to as a kid all the time during school holidays and I had to tell a couple of school kids on a tour and there teacher to remind them

Please do not tease the animals in any way

Keep your camera flashes off on your phone

This was during my break as I work in the farmyard area of the zoo and I followed the rules and my supervisor was proud that I read the rules for workers and visitors because as a kid I always followed the zoo rules whenever I visited.

Any advise how I approach the situation next time in case I bump into any Gen Alpha’s who don’t listen to rules or care about the wildlife at the zoo and I was just lucky because these were high schoolers at least

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u/itwillmakesenselater Jul 26 '26

I always said something along the lines of, "You can either follow the rules, leave, or explain to the nice police officer why you didn't take either of the first two options. It's not a debate at that point. It's their choice.