collections

After a recent zoological trip to Czechia, where I discovered collections like Zájezd and Dvorec which contain Europe's best selection of Chameleons and Cobras respectively, I was wondering what other zoos, large or small, harbour Europe's premier collections of particular taxonomic groups. Some...

I've been doing some thinking and reading about the necessity of ex-situ Eulemur conservation lately given how dire the situation facing many of these is in the wild in Madagascar. I wanted to start this thread specifically about the genus within zoos and discuss what the best enclosures for...

What are the best collections in North America? As in, if you were only to go to 5 or 10 zoos in North America, which ones would it be to see the most species possible? From what I can tell, Shedd aquarium is the most obvious on this list, but some other zoos and aquariums across the country...

I have just been troubled with an extremely difficult question about African birds; How many African hornbill and turaco species are in North American zoos, and which collections keep which species? I would appreciate anyone's help to help set up a near-complete list of these groups of birds. I...

Does anyone else collect realistic stuffed animals? I have a nice sized collection. I have a Naked Mole Rat, a Ground Pangolin, a Rockhopper Penguin, an Okapi, several birds, an American Red Squirrel, a Pacific White-Sided Dolphin, and a Red River Hog. I probably have more that I can't remember...

As we're nearing the end of 2012 I thought it was time to re-cap collections visited, species seen, personal highlights and anything else that you've experienced zoo-related. I've visited a paltry 8 collections but have clocked up about 16 or so visits this year which isn't really comparable to...