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So a lot of zoo out there started off as private collections and then became public zoos but I would like to know if any zoos have done the opposite and went from public zoo to private collection? Thanks

Hello folks! I’m a huge fan of nocturnal buildings and their collections and am also fascinated by their histories. I’m wondering, does anybody know when and where the first ever nocturnal zoo building opened? If so, what was its collection like? Thanks very much!

I’m sure this topic has been done to death, but I’d love to open the discussion up again. I will say past and present collections are allowed, and naming a specific group the collection has a specialty in would be great too.

Introduction: Hello everyone! San Diego is and has been known globally for being a zoo lover’s paradise for years upon years thanks to the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (formerly known as San Diego Zoo Global). The world-renowned zoo that was founded and envisioned by the legendary Dr. Harry...

So I have decided to try to make a fantasy zoo of my own and have realized there is not any threads about creating themed areas for zoos as I want to stray away from typical concepts (African Savannah, Reptile House, Amazon, Aviary Building , Etc.) and thought that it would be a good idea to...

Here, we'll discuss about the animal species kept at the Rio de Janeiro zoo (now called Bioparque do Rio). I'll divide the animals by their respective areas, and exhibits, as well as their taxonomical classes. Planned and off-show species will also be added, just like free-roaming and wild...

Historically San Diego Zoo has had one of the best collections in the United States so I am creating this thread as a collection of species the zoo used to have, where they went, and when they arrived. Any species or exhibits the zoo had can be talked about here. This thread is open to anybody...

The rules are simple, you may add any animals to a zoological collection anywhere in the world. The animals you choose would have to fit with what is already there and the theming of the zoo if it is themed.The limit of animals that you can have is ten. I'll star off first with some examples...

Got my hands on some White-spotted Bamboo Shark eggs! Our gals lay them every month or so and the Department have so many, they allowed me to have a few! I have four with yolk, waiting for some Formalin in a jar. Three had no yolk, and one with yolk was broken. I slit the four left-over open...

If you could only visit one zoo in your life, what zoo would that be? I know that for many people it is unpossible to choose, but if you were going to chose only one, what zoo would you chose? I would think that most zoo-enthusiasts would visit a zoo with a large collection, but also good...

A thread to put some information together in the one place, simply put, with all the gathered knowledge, which collections hold the biggest collection of an order, group, species or even sub-species of any given animal, from insects right through to mammals. I was inspired to start this thread...