• Animal park managers are worried about the implementation of the health pass from July 21.

  • They fear "a drop in attendance of 50 to 70% over the next two months".

If you plan to go to the zoo during your vacation, you will again need to present a health pass from July 21. Unless the directors of animal parks win their case! In a press release, the French association of zoos (which brings together around a hundred establishments) announces that it has seized the Council of State on Tuesday evening to contest the measure. If she does not say she is opposed to the health pass, she finds it in the "inapplicable" state and asks to postpone its implementation until September 15 to give time for their public to be vaccinated.

These zoo directors, who fear "a drop in attendance of 50 to 70% over the next two months", first point the finger at "saturated screening centers, particularly in rural areas in which there are many parks. zoological ”.

And for families who still manage to be vaccinated or tested on time, they risk facing "catastrophic checkout times", with "endless queues", warns the French association of zoos.

"Dramatic for our profession"

Sébastien Laurent, vice-president of the association and director of the Boissière-du-Doré zoo (Loire-Atlantique), says he has already received many calls from lost visitors, who risk canceling their visit. “People want to come but are worried, there is a lot of disappointment. What to say to those who are about to receive their second injection soon? We are up against the wall, especially since we have been told for months that there is no contamination outside… ”

"We are seasonal institutions, the cash to cover our fixed costs for the winter months is largely built up in the months of July and August," said the French association of zoos in its press release.

The implementation of this measure from July 21, 2021 will generate unprecedented losses of 30 to 70% of our annual turnover.

This will be dramatic for our profession.

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