birdsandbats review

Date of visit: January 7 2023 Most of the time, discerning between a pet shop and a zoo isn't too difficult. Pet shops exist for the primary purpose of selling animals and supplies to keep animals, while zoos focus on exhibiting animals to the public. There's a small gray area, of course - some...

Date of Visit: September 16 2021 The Jack Facente Serpentarium/MToxins Venom Lab is a reptile zoo/venom lab in Oshkosh, WI. It opened only last year, on an honestly sketchy looking street corner. I am happy to say that this outside impression does reflect the actual quality of the facility...

Date of Visit: July 16 2021 Shamba Safari is a drive-through safari park located in Neshkoro, Wisconsin. The facility celebrated its grand opening on June 16 2021, although the site has had exotic animals for much longer than this. The facility is owned by the same man who owns the infamous...

The Niagara Escarpment is a natural dolomitic limestone cliff that stretches across much of the Great Lakes region of North America. Beginning its journey northwest of Milwaukee, the cliff goes past the great Horicon Marsh and passes Lake Winnebago, before going up the Door Peninsula and...

Date of Visit: July 9 2020 Ararat Ridge Zoo is located within Ark Encounter, a creationist museum located in Williamstown, Kentucky. The museum itself focuses on ways Noah could have built his ark and fed his animals (and other things along those lines). This includes a giant ark built to the...

Anello's Torch Lite is a restaurant and zoo located in Shawano, Wisconsin. The facility was originally just a restaurant, but in the late 90s a free zoo was added. Let's start in the restaurant. The food was great. There are no animals inside the restaurant, but out on the deck there is a...

Date of visit: August 9 2019 Ah, Wisconsin Dells. This wonderful town is a classic example of ecotourism gone horribly wrong. Amidst all the water parks, moose-themed restaurants, and more hotels than you can count, is a little reptile zoo. I have in the past called many of the Wisconsin...

I expect you clicked on this review on the 'New Posts' page with a bit of confusion. "Harley-Davidson, the motorcycle? I thought this website was about zoos! Why would birdsandbats review a motorcycle shop?" Well, dear reader, we have entered the top notch (or maybe the low point) of American...

Date of visit: December 28 2018 Underwater Beauty is the special exhibit currently at Shedd Aquarium. Although the special exhibits from the past few years have featured a particular taxa (Reptiles, Jellies, and Amphibians) this exhibit is very different. This exhibit fells very different than...

Welcome to Butterfly Gardens of Wisconsin Dates of Visit: August 11 2018, August 30 2018 (this review is based on a combination of these two visits. I have visited several times before) Buterfly Gardens of Wisconsin in a non-AZA zoological facility located in Appleton, WI. It focuses mainly on...

DeYoung Family Zoo - Home Date of Visit: August 11 2018 (I think my fourth visit but I'm not sure) The DeYoung Family Zoo is non-AZA zoological facility that opened in 1990. It is located in Wallace, Michigan. This zoo is not organized in complexes. Instead, I will organize this review...

WHAT Date of Visit: June 16 2018 I visited this facility back in June during my trip to St. Louis. This was the first ZooChat visit since the aquarium moved from inside the City Museum to its own location. For some reason, I had it in my mind that the aquarium probably hasn't changed much...

This zoo has no website or social media. This is the closest thing they have to a site: Zoo Date of Visit: July 6 2018 (my second visit) Wisconsin Rapids Municipal Zoo is a non-AZA zoological facility located in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. There is little known about this zoo. I don't know how many...

Wildwood Zoo Date of visit: July 6 2018 (my second visit) Map: http://ci.marshfield.wi.us/zoo_files/2016-17%20Winter%20Map.pdf Before I begin a review, I have one question. Can a zoo this small be considered world-class? If so, Wildwood Zoo qualifies. Wildwood Zoo is a 60-acre non-AZA...

Welcome to the Racine Zoo | racinezoo.org Date of visit: July 3 2018 Racine Zoo is a 28-acre AZA-accredited zoo located in Racine, WI. It first opened in 1923. Entrance Parking is awful. The zoo's entrance is really quite nice. There are some nice plants in well kept gardens, and an exhibit...

https://www.stlouisco.com/parksandrecreation/parkpages/loneelk Date of Visit: June 17 2018 Lone Elk County Park is a 546-acre park located just outside St. Louis, Missouri. It is sort of like a wildlife preserve and a safari park at the same time. It opened in 1948 as Tyson Valley Park. It...

Animal Gardens Petting Zoo Things to do in Lake Geneva, WI | What to do in Chicago, IL : The Dancing Horses Theatre Date of visit: June 9 2018 Animal Gardens Petting Zoo is a 40-acre non-AZA zoological facility located in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. It originally opened as The...