What is the best zoo you have been to and why??

[Nats]

Just wondered what was the best zoo people have been to in real life and why? Might be ideas for the game designers for possible dlc you never know.

Personally the best one we have been to date was South Lakes Zoo at the bottom of the UK's Lake District, where you could hand feed the animals for a small fee (£5-10). We fed the jaguars and the giraffes by hand. We also walked through the vulture enclosure seeing them eating carcasses - lovely!

They used to have free roaming lemurs going into the cafe and stealing ice creams from the guests etc but they didn't have those last year.

The zoo also has a pack of wolves, that keep fighting each other, and they feed the lions and tigers by hiding their meat around their enclosure or putting it on top of poles to encourage natural behaviour and exercise for the animals.

[MessiahofMelons]

I dont remember exact places but ive been to a few. I haven't seen anything too crazy znd mostly rememer my local zoo. Ill give some of the nice highlights

Dublin zoo (my local)
- Meerkat Restaurant. Its just a canteen but there is a big window into the meerkat enclosure do you can watch them.

- Great elephant area. Recently they totally redid their elephant area and it.looks fantastic. It is a self contained area with a nature trail that has educational boards snd playgrounds. They also have a talk with zookeepers while they feed the elephant will a cool hanging feeder.

- Sea lion seating area with food nearby.
Right in the middle almost perfectly placed is a place to sit and watch. It also is next to the cafe so you can choose to have a small picnic or Sit in for food.

- Big reptile and fossil education house. Nice big reptile house with good selection of fossils and talks to keep interest.

- Farm education area. A section that is farm and critter animals, pigs, cows, rabbits Guinea pigs etc. Just a nice chill area.

Fota wildlife park
- cheetah feeding. They have hanging food on a huge rope that runs the length of the habitat. The cat chases it up and down.

- free roam llamas. There were 3 llamas that figured out how to open gates. So they just let them roam. I loved seeing them pop up around the park

Might not be crazy interesting but i still love them. I left out animals as j feel most zoos share animals

[Rune096]

The Melbourne Zoo in Australia. It's the only zoo I've been to, so it is the best by default.

[dayjavoo]

Cincinnati,Ohio Fantastic !! One of the top in the Nation

[Whimpy]

The Edinburgh Zoo have a daily Penguin Parade where penguins who feel like it are allowed to walk around a bit outside their enclosure.

[Nats]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Whimpy:

The Edinburgh Zoo have a daily Penguin Parade where penguins who feel like it are allowed to walk around a bit outside their enclosure.

They also have Koalas and Pandas now as well, we were there a few months ago.

Chester Zoo is great for walking through the bat enclosure and having them fly right past you, and their orangutans have a nice rainforest enclosure.

[Wenatchee Willie]

The San Diego Zoo and the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs are my favorites.
The former because of animal variety, and the latter because it is built into the side of a mountain. Although I've looked up the layout of the SD Zoo while considering making a reproduction, I wouldn't even begin to dream about the work involved in the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

[Ryanater]

Calgary zoo, pretty cool lemur enclosure.

[Jynn]

Oklahoma City Zoo for me. they take very good care of their animals and have one of the best elephant habitats, and take in lonely elephants from other zoos so that they now have a multigenerational herd of females that can interact and socialize with each other

[Vinolik]

I'd love to go to Kanada and USA, you guys sure do have exciting zoos. My favorite zoos would be Parken Zoo in Eskilstuna, Borås Zoo and Nordens Ark (all in Sweden). They're all great for nordic/scandinavian animal fans

[Salvo Wolf]

Been to the London Zoo (ZLS) and Phoenix Zoo... Phoenix Zoo was better even if smaller because it felt more interactive (Feeding Giraffe, Petting Stingrays, Camel Rides, and a few other things). That and when I went there was a prairie dog just chilling eating food with a vulture above him just watching... Teased my wife by giving them voices lol.

"You dead yet???" "No..." "How bout now?" "No." "Sure you didn't choke?" "No!"

[Total Downer]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Whimpy:

The Edinburgh Zoo have a daily Penguin Parade where penguins who feel like it are allowed to walk around a bit outside their enclosure.

Edinburgh Zoo is lovely! I've been a few times for leisure and work. For work, I had to take observation notes on the Capuchin monkeys for some psych research. Loved it!

[Be Obscene]

St. Louis Zoo - it's also the only zoo I've ever been too.

[Cat Burglar]

Personally, the Denver Zoo, with the Cheyenne Mountain zoo in second place. I love the Denver zoo because I volunteer there and I am currently about to pursue a degree in zoo keeping in Colorado springs at Pikes Peak Community College starting next semester. I personally love the Tigers at the Denver zoo Yuri and Nakita and watch them for hours at a time when I get done with my volunteer shifts there. I hope to work there some day as it has been my dream since I was a kid :).

[Zappers]

“There is a commonly held misconception that zoos are not only saving wild animals from extinction but also reintroducing them to their wild habitats. The confusion stems from many sources, all of them zoo-based… In reality, most zoos have had no contact of any kind with any reintroduction program.

Captive breeding is considered by some conservation scientists to be a diversion from the reasons for a species’ decline, giving “a false impression that a species is safe so that destruction of habitat and wild populations can proceed.

Zoos spend millions on keeping animals confined, while natural habitats are destroyed and animals killed as there is insufficient funding for protection.

[AdahnGorion]

I don't any zoo is "Best" becuase they are you know.. zoo's. Most of them "atleast in my country" have the same quality and albeit being good and actually showcasing knowledge etc about the animals and trying to help by releasing etc (pretty much as in this game) I still prefer going to national parks or the "wild"