The Al Ain Zoo administration resorted to an innovative way to enhance direct communication between the zoo animals and their human lovers who used to regularly visit the zoo and are keen to visit their favorite types of animals, before the zoo closed its doors in compliance with the precautionary measures taken by the state to cope with the spread of the Coffid virus - 19) Known as "the new corona."
The garden developed an idea that relies on directing a number of messages, each bearing a picture of a different animal, in which it reassures either of one of its human friends, or it conveys its wishes for the return of life to normal and the return of visitors to the garden again.
Some of the messages from animals to specific people witnessed great interaction and mutual dialogues by these people and their account followers, with zoo animals, focused on talking about developments in the elimination of the "Corona virus", and pledges to return to visit the park as soon as it is allowed to visit.
The most prominent "animal" messages, addressed by the royal genealogy, to her friend, poet, writer and lecturer Awad bin Hassoum Al Darmaki, in which she said: "My friend Awad, the owner of the wonderful pen, how much I missed your lectures that you receive with a lot of rhetoric mixed with eloquent poetry, and the stories of ancient heroes, especially the story of Twister. How are you, do you still fear snakes ...? Peace to the family, and take care of yourself.
The famous author replied to her, caressing: "Good evening, snakes and pet snakes, thanks for the message that changed the mood of the whole day, with God's help for us to meet (but you will not be far away from it) after discovering this cloud, and do not forget the masks and gloves and keep you in the garden."
Hippo also sent a message to his media friend, the presenter of the programs on Abu Dhabi TV, Osama Al-Amiri, in which he said: “May God make your day all the best for my media friend, a family day drenched with reassurance and happiness. I wish you, and everyone you love, proud of you and all of our friends .. take good care of yourself. And you are all invited to my garden after we overcome this pandemic. "
As the squirrel sent a message to his traveling friend "Abualazeed" Ali Al-Saad, he said: "Good morning, my dear friend, I see that you bring back the memories of your wonderful trip to Brunei with your friends, looking forward to your next trip after we unite together and cooperate to overcome this stage."
And the zoo closed in Al Ain, on the fifteenth of last March, in implementation of a set of precautionary measures, during the emergency that the region is going through against the Corona virus (Covid 19), with the aim of ensuring public safety and business continuity in all its sectors.
The park explained that its precautionary measures include four main pillars, which are visitors, employees, animals, and the facility in general, noting that the most prominent of these measures was to close the park in response to preventive measures, followed by the application of the remote work system for its employees working in the office and administrative sectors.
She stated that during the closing period, she undertakes comprehensive sterilization and disinfection and cleaning operations for all of her facilities, offices and buildings with all their belongings, and has applied all electronic systems that will ensure the continuity of work remotely, as employees continue to complete institutional work in full, in addition to communication and joint cooperation with the relevant authorities Safety and public health to follow all developments in the field of preventive needs, safety and public health.
With regard to vital functions, such as field staff, animal breeders and foremen, the park confirmed that it paid special attention to its employees and their safety, by implementing a number of preventive measures, including reducing the numbers of employees and limiting their presence to necessity only, and the park provides them with all the preventive needs necessary to ensure their safety, in addition to For publications, videos, how-to boards, awareness-raising workshops, and ongoing monitoring to ensure they adhere to preventive guidelines.
The park stressed that it is one of the leading tourist destinations in taking preventive measures, as it previously prevented all experiences of direct interaction between visitors and animals, such as feeding giraffes, parrots, penguins, animal rides for children, and the experience of lemur promenade, and obligated all its employees to wear masks and protective gloves , And was instructed on the importance of caution in dealing with animals and visitors and the ease of access to all disinfectants and sterilizers distributed throughout the park.