general zoo discussion

When I was around 10-11 years old at a local camp program, I had a discussion with this other girl about zoos. I don't entirely remember the context or full conversation, but one thing that really stuck with me is the girl confidently saying things like: "zoos trap animals for human...

Hey guys I’m wondering if you guys can help me I been trying to open a zoo lately and don’t know how much the animals will cost can anyone help

The zoo is redoing their viewing of their Grizzly Bear exhibit for zoo visitors. When the project is complete, visitors will get different perspectives of the bears from ground level and from an additional guest viewing area. The project should be completed by Summer 2024. CMZoo guests and...

What do you guys think is the best reptile house?

Is there anything you regret doing in a zoo when you were young? I, for instance, kept wiggling the goats' horns at African Lion Safari's Pets Corner in hopes to try and break it off.

What exhibits do you think are otherwise great additions in otherwise mediocre or flatout terrible zoos? One example would be the open-air amur tiger exhibit at Jungle Cat World, which is otherwise filled with tiny cages for its cats.

In contrast to the Most overrated zoo, what do you think is the most underrated zoo in your opinion? Mine's African Lion Safari, if only for their stellar elephant breeding track record.

This article about people critical of an expansion of the Black bear exhibit at the Turtle Back Zoo has caught my attention. Opponents Can't Bear Idea Of $16M Bear Exhibit At Turtle Back Zoo While it quickly degenerates into the usual "animals in captivity are trapped" spiel, the first...

I'm sure we all know that the best elephant exhibits at zoos have good outdoor enclosures and indoor holdings which serve their inhabitants well, from Omaha and Oregon, to any single one from a German zoo. If it weren't obvious from the thread, do you think there are any elephant buildings that...

As an antidote to the Worst Zoo Exhibits Ever thread, I've decided to have a thread where we discuss what you think are the funniest, so-bad-its-good exhibits, the ones which made you laugh the first time you saw it.

What makes an ideal exhibit? I came up with a list of things that to me would be an ideal exhibit or house. This is what I came up with (not in any particular order): high LEED rating for construction energy and water efficiency good viewing vs animals able to hide balance Able to hold...

For a school assignment I have decided to write a radio commercial about the amur tigers' return to the zoo. That got me wondering: what sort of advertising campaigns or commercials has your zoo made over the years? Toronto Zoo's currently making emphisis of "last chance to see" pandas right...