zoos

Took this during my trip in 2019 at Omaha Zoo

Parrots are some of the most charismatic and colourful of all the birds and are often firm favourites amongst zoo visitors. What are your top five favourite parrot species and why ? Look forward to hearing all your replies.

I have noticed that, at least in North America, there is a lack of some types of exhibits. For example, there are barely any exhibits focused on Asia other than China and Southeast Asia, with practically none for the Middle East or South Asia. Within aquaria, there are barely any seagrass...

@Nandito just sent me this on my Instagram's DM few days ago, and it contained tons of photos from Indonesian zoos and aquarias ranging from the 2000s to the 2010s. Some of them are photos of rare animals that Indonesian zoos and aquarias used to keep in the past, such as Glaucostegus thouin...

Hallo fellow zoochatters. A lot of zoos might focus on one group of animals such as cats or primates etc.So i'm just interested. So what wildlife collections currently hold the most species of one group of animals. For example,what zoo has the most species of felids,marmosets,tarantula's,doves...

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've been doing a bit of reading about the Woylie / brush tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata) as I try to familiarise myself with some of the more obscure and endangered Australian marsupials (I feel that I don't know enough about them) and I was wondering the following: Is the woylie common...

Hi everyone, got a few quick questions about any/all of the zoos in Florida: 1.) At which facilities are the aviaries/reptile houses/other indoor exhibits open? 2.) Have the shoebills been on display at Zoo Tampa as of late? They are my primary reason for wanting to visit (I missed them the...

What is your favourite small cat species and why ? Very interested in hearing your replies.

There's been a fair bit of discussion around which country is the best for zoos, but I was wondering if there is a particular city which is the best for zoos worldwide. Singapore, NYC and Berlin are obvious choices, with other big ones being Chicago, San Diego, Atlanta, Paris, Valencia, Dallas...

The past few weeks I have been working on quite a large project. The aims of the project were thus: To, with some degree of accuracy, determine the percentages of the species found in zoos of different levels of endangerment. To, with the data obtained to achieve the above bullet point, compare...

I would like to talk about some of my concerns regarding zoos. I am afraid about the future of zoos with the COVID-19 pandemic. I'm afraid that some zoos will never financially recover and will have to close down. I know that in that case, the animals would be well taken care of and sent to...

Museums, shops, restaurants all get government funding and most of them are open or allowed to open on the 15th, but zoos have they have to shut and they are struggling without the income from us. Beaches, gardens, horse racing all opening soon. Why not zoos. This is crazy. Please sign now at...

Following an interesting point made by @TeaLovingDave in thread about Tasmanian devil breeding, I started to wonder which zoo in your opinions is the best for in-situ conservation efforts? Many zoos have extensive programs but inside and out of their locational country, so which one is best? Of...

OK. Here is an appeal from WCS with the tabulation that (presumably US) zoos are losing over $33 million every day. That puts a real figure on what we've all been fearing. But the WCS has sent the following form letter to members, urging them to petition Congress to save our zoos. However...

So I have taken this photo at Omaha Zoo Lied Jungle, and for some reason I couldn't find anywhere on their Facebook page or any forum about this turtle species. So anyone have any clue what speices of turtle this is? Thank you

Zoo people, I'm currently putting together a list of Zoos in the UK with Beavers - Zoos with Eurasian beavers(C. fiber) are the main focus, but it would also be good to know the status of their North American (C. canadensis) cousins. Below is what I have managed to discover so far: There are...

With the backing of the EU, CITES has enforced a near-total ban on importing African elephants to zoos outside of Africa. According to the BBC post, they can only be exported under "exceptional circumstances" and must be approved by a member committee. Near-total ban imposed on sending wild...

Hey guys. Couldn't think of a creative title that wasn't too long but I have been researching for weeks now on ALL the species Omaha Zoo currently holds. Focusing only on Mammals for right now, I found lots of photographs or mentions in forums and media posts on this site, on national geographic...

100 animals were confiscated from this unaccredited Quebec zoo while its owner was arrested and charged with neglecting them: St-Édouard zookeeper charged with animal cruelty https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/st-edouard-zoo-normand-trahan-1.5143106