Cities With Three Major Zoos/Zoo-Aquaria?

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Nikola Chavkosk

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Is the Madrid the only city in the world which have three major zoos:

-Fauna Madrid (218 species, though it don't hold large hoofstock, but has monkeys, among other animals)
-Zoo Aquarium Madrid (284 species, also holds elephants, giant pandas)
-Madrid Safari (Aldea del Fresno) (173 species, also holds elephants, giraffes, etc.) - at approximately 25km from the Madrid periphery (by the way, what park is this in the media section for Spain - or it is not included?)

Ok, Berlin has two, even greater, giant zoos; San Diego zoo has two giants also (excluding the Sea World which is exclusively aquarium).
 
Tokyo: - Ueno Zoo, Tama Zoo, Inokashira Park Zoo, Tokyo Sea Life Park (plus at least three aquaria = Sumida Aquarium, Sunshine Aquarium, Tokyo Tower Aquarium).
 
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Yokohama have three zoo, Nogeyama zoo, Zoorasia and Kanazawa zoo. The three zoo are in different style, with zoorasia natural habit, to nogeyama cage.They seem to have a good collection of animal,though.Like kanazawa have pronghorn and okapi,zoorasia have douc langur,proboscis monkey, and nogeyama with kagu and dourocli.
 
Beijing has the Beijing Zoo, the Beijing Wildlife Park, the Badaling Wildlife Park, and the Beijing Aquarium (within the zoo but a separate attraction). I think there is or is going to be another major aquarium in Beijing too but I can't remember what it is called.
 
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Beijing has the Beijing Zoo, the Beijing Wildlife Park, the Badaling Wildlife Park, and the Beijing Aquarium (within the zoo but a separate attraction). I think there is or is going to be another major aquarium in Beijing too but I can't remember what it is called.
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Blue World?
 
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Blue World?
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Blue Zoo Beijing? (aka Gongti Richina Underwater World).

That could be the one I was thinking of, but I just googled it and it was built in 1997. I thought there was a much more recent one built - which if so would make three big aquariums in Beijing.
 
Lisbon would be another contender with the Zoo, the Oceanario and Aquario Vasco da Gama. New York would be another with Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, Queens Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo and Staten Island Zoo out of which 4 of them are run by WCS.
 
Could argue London, with London Zoo and Chessington Zoo (both large collections) and Battersea Park Zoo, Golders Hill Park Zoo, and the Wetlands Centre (which are all small collections). London Aquarium might count too.
 
Oh yes, I forgot for Singapore. I was not sure for New York and London. I didn't knew about Yokohama and Beijing. I hope so one day I will travel to Eastern China and Japan for visiting zoos, and Zoorasia seems particularly attractive to me.
 
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In addition to the previously mentioned New York zoos, there are also the New York Aquarium (run by WCS) and the Long Island Aquarium (nearby).
 
Operative word here is 'major'. It's obviously subjective but the cities that I can think of that qualify are:
- Melbourne, with Melbourne Zoo, Melbourne Aquarium (or whatever horrible name Merlin has given it) and Werribee Open Range Zoo. Werribee is universally considered a suburb of Melbourne, whereas Healesville rarely is.
- Chicago, with Brookfield Zoo, Lincoln Park Zoo and Shedd Aquarium.
- San Francisco, with San Francisco Zoo, Aquarium of the Bay and California Academy of Sciences.
- Singapore, which actually has five (Singapore Zoo, Night Safari, Jurong Bird Park, River Safari and SEA Aquarium).
- Tokyo, with six (Ueno Zoo, Tama Zoo, Tokyo Sea Life Park, Sumida Aquarium, Sunshine Aquarium and Shinagawa Aquarium. Adding Yokohama, which is part of the same metro area, adds another three 'major' collections.)
- San Diego, but only if one considers the Safari Park to be part of the city, and I'm not sure I do.
 
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Bangkok maybe:
- Dusit zoo
- Safari world
- Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo
- Sea life Bangkok
- Bangkok aquarium
 
New York City has five zoos and one aquarium, and there are additional zoos and an aquarium in the suburbs. Here are the animal census numbers from 2015 for the five facilities run by the Wildlife Conservation Society (f/k/a New York Zoological Society), which should let you decide how many are "major":
BRONX ZOO
Mammals
162 species, 1466 specimens
Birds
281, 1,748
Reptiles
149, 646
Amphibians
47, 3,149
Invertebrates
34, 2,180
Fish
68, 1,491
TOTAL
741, 10,680
CENTRAL PARK ZOO
Mammals
28, 631
Birds
88, 374
Reptiles
28, 80
Amphibians
8, 17
Invertebrates
1, 160
Fish
3, 46
TOTAL
156, 1,308
QUEENS ZOO
Mammals
24, 108
Birds
50, 351
Reptiles
10, 60
Amphibians
1, 43
Invertebrates
1, 25
Fish
5, 22
TOTAL
91, 609
PROSPECT PARK ZOO
Mammals
38, 152
Birds
48, 184
Reptiles
29, 82
Amphibians
13, 51
Invertebrates
3, 131
Fish
27, 439
TOTAL
158, 1,039
NEW YORK AQUARIUM
Mammals
5, 16
Birds
1, 21
Reptiles
6, 8
Amphibians
0, 0
Invertebrates
95, 529
Fish
186, 2,313
TOTAL
293, 2,887
GRAND TOTAL (ALL FACILITIES) 1,176 16,523
I wouldn't call the Staten Island or Bridgeport Zoos major, but the Turtle Back Zoo in NJ, with over 200n species, probably qualifies.
 
If we are counting aquariums, then Phoenix (USA) has three majors (plus one minor - the SeaLife aquarium in the mall). The majors are Phoenix Zoo, Wildlife World Zoo and Aquarium, OdySea.

Tampa (USA) has Lowry Park Zoo, Florida Aquarium, Busch Gardens.
 
I agree San Diego Safari Park is too far away from central San Diego to be considered part of the city. However, technically the San Diego city limits due extend (via a weird oblong extension) to San Pasqual Valley, which includes Safari Park. So you have an unusual situation where it is located in the city limits but not in the metro area.
 
Chicago has 3 major (As in all get over 2 million visitors annually) zoos, Brookfield, Lincoln park and Shedd aquarium.
 
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