Well, That Didn't Take Long

The zoos of Ohio have only been opened to the public for a few short days, and some dummy already has to start ruining things.  I swear, we're generally glad to welcome back members of the public and share our animals with you.  It's just that we don't intend to share them this closely.  Welcome back to Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, the scene of this latest act of stupidity...

No matter how many times things like this play out and take a bad turn, there is always another moron waiting in the wings to hop the fence and touch the pretty soft kitty-cat.  It's bad enough that this tool is putting himself in a position where he could get hurt, or where the leopard could get hurt, but he seems to be forgetting some current events.  

As established by some (thankfully recovered) tigers in New York, big cats are susceptible to the coronavirus.  If his guy had it, even as an asymptomatic carrier, he could have infected the animal.  These days, when you see any of us actual zoo staff interacting with big cats, we're typically all decked out in PPE.

Seriously, there are dozens of reasons not to do something like this... and no good reasons to do it.