Rule 11 · money + risk

Executive summary

644 animals across the org must each be seen alive, every day, by an accountable human. Here is where coverage stands today, what Rule 11 costs, and the two numbers that must both be told together.

Animals in scope
644
620 individual + 24 group records
Unassigned to a section
84
153 ecology weight, no home section
Keepers/day today
48
measured, animal-care CORE
Keepers/day Rule 11 needs
61
cap 18 · live solver

The headline — told honestly, both halves

Like-for-like: $-13,245/wk · -20.7% — a CUT
Rule 11 at cap 18 × 8h costs $50,761.76/wk. The keepers are drawn from the animal-care + interaction pool that is already on payroll ($64,007/wk). Re-tasking that pool, not adding to it, is a -20.7% reduction.
But heads/day goes UP: 48 → 61
Proof-of-life is heads-per-day, not dollars. Rule 11 needs 61 keepers on the floor each day vs the 48 animal-care keepers scheduled today. That is the real cost of daily proof-of-life, and it is stated plainly rather than hidden behind the pool math.

Coverage reality today

  • Section 144 (HA Cavy)59 cavies · 1 keeper
  • Top-15 sections by ecology weight with zero assigned users12 of 15
  • Animals with no home section84
  • Refined ecology weight (this build)1080 units
Weight-total disclosure
This build computes 1080; the spec quotes 1080.5; the earlier greenfield pass got 1087 (22 blank / scientific-only Species rows defaulting to tier 2 — issue #6 data rot). ceil(weight ÷ cap) lands on the same keeper count at cap 14 and 18 either way; we show all three and silently pick none.

Top-15 sections by ecology weight — coverage gaps in red

SectionAnimalsEcology weightTier 3/4Assigned users
HA Cavy #144596201
HA Ring Tail Lemurs #1552439.5240 — uncovered
HA Big Birds #4521636.5130 — uncovered
Big Bird #611131.5110 — uncovered
AA Big Bird #561329120 — uncovered
Off exhibit snakes #4331423.530 — uncovered
HA Red Ruffed Lemurs #1491223120 — uncovered
HA Bird #441022644
SA Red Ruffed Lemurs #121219.5120 — uncovered
HA Black and White Ruffed Lemurs #15091890 — uncovered
Troop 2 #4761017.5100 — uncovered
SA Mammals #10917.54145
SA Black and White Ruffed Lemurs #15101790 — uncovered
QT reptiles #4421216.510 — uncovered
Retic #4201016.5100 — uncovered