Might as well post a guide me and a fellow zoo made.
Cowboi69 & Kindlethedragon's guide to IRL meetups
First meetings should happen in a public place you both agree to with a number of randos and cameras near by. Don't meet up at night. You both should state what type of clothes you'll be wearing and what color. On the first meeting never go somewhere alone, never go to their home until you've felt them out. scout out the location on Google maps, and make sure to also to scout using satellite view as well. Have an exit strategy. There maybe be walls or fences you can hop over on satellite view.
Use a burner phone with Uber installed. Try not to have telegram installed or any connection to your real info, unless you have some sort of easy kill switch, like a near by river or a busy highway that you can put the phone on. Don't carry an ID or any credit cards, just a stash or two of cash, preferably hidden like inside a monkey fist keychain, and bring some sort of self defense item. I prefer pepper spray for this. Never bring your animal on first meetings.
Be wary of electronic devices. Agree to leave phones in pockets beforehand. And watch for third parties taking pictures or video. There's a laundry list of stuff you should think about during first encounter. Ingression/egression, sitting facing doors and away from bathrooms, watching people's hands and eyes, not leaving food and beverages unattended ever. If in a building stay in a corner so you can keep an eye on everyone, or stay by an exit.
Next feel out the person in person.
Generally speaking glowies will 99% of the time will not engage in kissing or intercourse(unless it's like a Russian spy woman) so that's a good way to figure them out along with the way they dress and look. Chances are the zoo you meet on tele won't be a tall muscular clean shaven, crew cut, +7/10 dude with sunglasses and cargo shorts. It's going to be a small, fat, maybe smelly dude, who has average looks and average hair or even some facial hair and may even be wearing an anime shirt.
Psychos you can generally feel out by having a long form conversation asking the right questions over a bit of alcohol. It would never hurt to tell a friend or family member where you're going to.
And maybe the most dangerous group of all, moral busybody antis pretending to be a zoo. See how they actually respond to talking about zoo shit. Someone who is faking being a zoo is going to respond to talking about animal genitalia with complete discomfort. They will avoid eye contact, fidget, get nervous, misspeak, any number of obvious behaviors if they're trying to pass themselves off as someone they're not. If they don't know ANY anatomy/zoo terms, they're either a virgin lying about having experience with animals or are recording the shit out of you. Seeing how they respond to porn/videos in person is a quick way to tell.(Be careful, some states it's illegal just posseing zoo content.) anyone who's not a zoo who sees Dragonboi or MisterED getting plowed by a 18 inch horsecock will get visibily disgusted. Anyone who is will be visibily turned on. Maybe bait them in by saying "hey look at this hot gif/vid someone sent me" or whatever and show them. 100% of the time if they're not into it, you'll be able to tell instantly. And considering how horni most motherfuckers are on here being "shy" isn't an excuse.
I also recommend a reasonable level of physical fitness like being good at running, and being able to jump/climb over walls.
And finally writing down and memorize the number of a good lawyer and if arrested plead the 5th and don't talk until you've talked to a lawyer.