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It’s weird they need to close trails for a zebra when there are bears, rabid animals, cliffs, falling trees, and all manner of hazards when hiking. So tired of

It’s weird they need to close trails for a zebra when there are bears, rabid animals, cliffs, falling trees, and all manner of hazards when hiking. So tired of this nanny attitude.

karaterobot 3y ago
According to the extremely short article, the reason is: > People trying to come out to see the zebra may be spooking it and making it harder to recapture the animal, they said.
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- bilsbie 3y ago
  Even if true, find a way to capture the zebras. It’s not the hikers problem. Seems very heavy handed. These park staff really seem to forget who they work for.
  - xandrius 3y ago
    Definitely blowing this out of proportions.
  - 2024throwaway 3y ago
    Trails close all the time for all sorts of reasons. They will be, and probably already are, reopened. Chill.
slashdev 3y ago
That’s exactly what I was thinking. A zebra doesn’t seem to be a threat. I’m still annoyed that they closed trails during Covid. Avoid the outdoors, do inside activities instead…
- nkozyra 3y ago
  > Avoid the outdoors, do inside activities instead… I always assumed this was more about personnel than users of the trail.
  - bavell 3y ago
    I always assumed it was to see how much blind trust people had in authority.
j-bos 3y ago
What would be a steelman of this decision?
Twirrim 3y ago
It's not because it's a threat, it was to make it easier to catch the zebra, which has been getting spooked by all these extra people hoping to see it. There's been all sorts of folks out there causing it to panic and run away. They tried asking people not to "help", and it didn't help, so then they closed trails etc. Talk about things to get tired of, it's people automatically thinking things are nannying, or whatever their specific anti-todays-government thing is, and then being sure to spread what they have decided something is, in their infinite wisdom, without taking even a few minutes to think beyond their immediate bias.
- bilsbie 3y ago
  Why not target the unhelpful behavior instead of a blanket trail closure for who knows how long. We all own nature.
  - Rovoska 3y ago
    Why are you being so weird about it. You sound exactly like the problem behaviour you describe.
  - tzs 3y ago
    The unhelpful behavior is too many people coming out to try to see the zebra which scare it into running away. How other than closing the trail while they search could they realistically target that behavior? Put checkpoints at all the entrances and only let people in who could prove they had planned their outing before the zebra got loose? Require people to attend a lecture on not scaring the zebra and pass a test showing they understood before they can use the trail?

It’s weird they need to close trails for a zebra when there are bears, rabid animals, cliffs, falling trees, and all manner of hazards when hiking. So tired of this nanny attitude.

karaterobot 3y ago

According to the extremely short article, the reason is: > People trying to come out to see the zebra may be spooking it and making it harder to recapture the animal, they said.

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bilsbie 3y ago
Even if true, find a way to capture the zebras. It’s not the hikers problem. Seems very heavy handed. These park staff really seem to forget who they work for.
- xandrius 3y ago
  Definitely blowing this out of proportions.
- 2024throwaway 3y ago
  Trails close all the time for all sorts of reasons. They will be, and probably already are, reopened. Chill.

slashdev 3y ago

That’s exactly what I was thinking. A zebra doesn’t seem to be a threat. I’m still annoyed that they closed trails during Covid. Avoid the outdoors, do inside activities instead…

nkozyra 3y ago
> Avoid the outdoors, do inside activities instead… I always assumed this was more about personnel than users of the trail.
- bavell 3y ago
  I always assumed it was to see how much blind trust people had in authority.

j-bos 3y ago

What would be a steelman of this decision?

Twirrim 3y ago

It's not because it's a threat, it was to make it easier to catch the zebra, which has been getting spooked by all these extra people hoping to see it. There's been all sorts of folks out there causing it to panic and run away. They tried asking people not to "help", and it didn't help, so then they closed trails etc. Talk about things to get tired of, it's people automatically thinking things are nannying, or whatever their specific anti-todays-government thing is, and then being sure to spread what they have decided something is, in their infinite wisdom, without taking even a few minutes to think beyond their immediate bias.

bilsbie 3y ago
Why not target the unhelpful behavior instead of a blanket trail closure for who knows how long. We all own nature.
- Rovoska 3y ago
  Why are you being so weird about it. You sound exactly like the problem behaviour you describe.
- tzs 3y ago
  The unhelpful behavior is too many people coming out to try to see the zebra which scare it into running away. How other than closing the trail while they search could they realistically target that behavior? Put checkpoints at all the entrances and only let people in who could prove they had planned their outing before the zebra got loose? Require people to attend a lecture on not scaring the zebra and pass a test showing they understood before they can use the trail?