How many zoos/aquariums have you visited?

How many zoos/aquariums have you visited?

  • 1-9

    Votes: 26 13.1%

  • 10-24

    Votes: 57 28.6%

  • 25-49

    Votes: 39 19.6%

  • 50-74

    Votes: 29 14.6%

  • 75-99

    Votes: 13 6.5%

  • 100 or more

    Votes: 35 17.6%
  • Total voters
    199
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I have just realised that I have missed Wingham Wildlife Park of the list (I visited it quite a few years ago and don't remember it well). I am adding it just to indulge my OCD tendencies but I will not be adding future collections visited because I see that it will spam the thread.
 
LaughingDove said:
I am adding it just to indulge my OCD tendencies but I will not be adding future collections visited because I see that it will spam the thread.
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I suggest adding them in large bulks. Like if you've just visited one collection then leave it be but once you've visited like 10+ I'd say it'd be fine to add them all. Or maybe just update at the end of each year.

~Thylo:cool:
 
Just to put a bit of context here.. I am informed of a Japanese guy who has done around 1200 collections,Jonas Livet(see earlier thread) is over a thousand(at a surprisingly young age),Harry Schram of Belgium (ex EAZA head honcho) around 700.Recently the Crocodile Zoo at Eskilstrup in Denmark made it 652 for me(I would like to think I will crack "the grand" myself). Anyone know of anyone else with those kind of numbers?
 
41, mostly of them in Spain and a few in France, Portugal, Germany and Netherlands.
 
I have visited 76 zoos of which 72 are in the UK! Having a family life also means we generally visit collections within easy reach multiple times and then when we are on holiday :)
 
Ohio- Cleveland, Akron, Columbus, Ohio Bird Sanctuary, Gorman Nature Ctr, CMNH Wildlife Center, Penitentiary Glen Wildlife Center, Cleveland Botanical Garden Glasshouse, Canalway Center, Garfield Nature Center, Rocky River Nature Center, North Chagrin Nature Center, McKinley Museum of Canton, Cincinnati, Toledo, African Safari Wildlife Park, Lake Erie Nature & Science Center, Lagoon Deer Park, Stearns Homestead, Lake Farmpark, any other nature centers, etc. in NEO? 20
Pennsylvania- Erie, Pittsburgh, Clyde Peeling's Reptiland 3
New York- Bronx 1
Illinois- Lincoln Park, Shedd Aquarium, Brookfield 3
Michigan- Detroit 1
New Mexico- American Intl Rattlesnake Museum 1
Washington DC- National Zoo, O.Orkin Insect Zoo, National Aquarium-Washington 2
California- Santa Ana, Orange County, San Diego, SeaWorld San Diego, Fountain Valley Reptile Zoo, Living Desert 6
With a grand total of 38 zoos, aquariums, farms, nature centers, etc.!
 
I'm procrastinating so now is as good a time to look at this as any. :)

Victoria (7) - Melbourne Zoo, Healesville Sanctuary, Werribee Open Range Zoo, Melbourne Aquarium, Halls Gap Zoo, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Jirrahlinga Koala & Wildlife Sanctuary.

NSW (9) - Taronga Zoo, Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Sydney Aquarium, Wildlife Sydney Zoo, Oceanworld Manly, Featherdale Wildlife Park, Mogo Zoo, Wagga Zoo, Australian Reptile Park.

Qld (5) - Darling Downs Zoo, Australia Zoo, Sea World, Dreamworld, Underwater World.

SA (4) - Adelaide Zoo, Monarto Zoo, Cleland Wildlife Park, Gorge Wildlife Park.

ACT (2) - National Zoo & Aquarium, Canberra Reptile Zoo.

Indonesia (2) - Bali Zoo, Bali Bird Park.
 
592 of 20 countries: 356 in Spain; 106 in France; 32 in Portugal; 17 in Germany; 16 in Great Britain; 12 in Holland; 11 in Belgium; 7 in Ireland, Italy and Switzerland; 6 in Austria; 5 in Chec Republic; 2 in North Ireland and Mónaco; 1 in Andorra, Denmark, Slovakia, Gibraltar, Greece and Hungary.
 
@CavsFan21: there are almost a dozen places that you listed within the state of Ohio that are arguably not true zoos, although I totally understand that the very definition of a "zoo" is difficult to determine. For instance, Stearns Homestead seems to have only farm animals and some of those nature centers don't have a lot of exotic creatures on offer.

@MJB: 356 zoos just in Spain? Wow! You must be including absolutely everything.
 
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@CavsFan21: there are almost a dozen places that you listed within the state of Ohio that are arguably not true zoos, although I totally understand that the very definition of a "zoo" is difficult to determine. For instance, Stearns Homestead seems to have only farm animals and some of those nature centers don't have a lot of exotic creatures on offer.

@MJB: 356 zoos just in Spain? Wow! You must be including absolutely everything.
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@snowleopard: Which places on my list in Ohio would you not consider zoos? My definition is "two or more species of animal, artificially maintained, on show". What is your definition, snowleopard?
 
MJB said:
592 of 20 countries: 356 in Spain; 106 in France; 32 in Portugal; 17 in Germany; 16 in Great Britain; 12 in Holland; 11 in Belgium; 7 in Ireland, Italy and Switzerland; 6 in Austria; 5 in Chec Republic; 2 in North Ireland and Mónaco; 1 in Andorra, Denmark, Slovakia, Gibraltar, Greece and Hungary.
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I am amazed that Spain has that many!
 
CavsFan21 said:
@snowleopard: Which places on my list in Ohio would you not consider zoos? My definition is "two or more species of animal, artificially maintained, on show". What is your definition, snowleopard?
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It is purely subjective to each individual and it is something that I've been wrestling with for a long time now (see the thread below). I would definitely not include anywhere without exotic animals and some nature centers only have a handful of terrariums...but each to their own!

http://www.zoochat.com/2/seattles-pacific-science-center-zoo-396384/
 
@ snowleopard: I like your definitions, but you said every zoochatter has his own definition of zoo. I do not really count nature centers, sanctuaries, aviaries, etc. as "zoos" just "animal establishments"
 
16:

Port Lympne
Howletts
Drusillas
Colchester
Whipsnade
Marwell
London
Monkey World
Paradise
Battersea
Shepreth
Rome
Krakow
Copenhagen
Ljubljana
Bronx NY
 
snowleopard said:
It is purely subjective to each individual and it is something that I've been wrestling with for a long time now (see the thread below). I would definitely not include anywhere without exotic animals and some nature centers only have a handful of terrariums...but each to their own!

http://www.zoochat.com/2/seattles-pacific-science-center-zoo-396384/
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I m not sure how it works in the US, but for the EU legislation can make it a bit easier as Zoos need a zoo licence. There are some difference between EU countries on when you need a licence, but in most cases it works quite well to help define what is a zoo and what not. Like in Netherlands you need a licence if you have more than 10 exotics on display and you are open for the public more than 6 days a year.
 
sooty mangabey said:
Just behind Zoogiraffe at 293. I quite want #300 to be somewhere memorable, rather than Amazonia in Cromer or something...
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To bump an old but interesting thread.... I'm now up to 331 (300, a couple of years ago, was Gorlitz Tierpark in eastern Germany - not exactly the San Diego Wild Animal Park, but very nice nonetheless). Even with a few more due next month, tied in with Zoohistorica in Stuttgart, I fear that my rate of addition is rather paltry compared to some! In part this is because Other Things steal time, sadly. In part because I would rather go and spend some more time at, say, Antwerp Zoo rather than "doing" lots of smaller places I've not yet seen: while I'm sure an East Coast trip of the Parrot Zoo, Skegness, Mablethorpe and Sewerby Hall would be lovely, a return trip to Artis or Prague or wherever would be lovelier!

I know Tim Brown is closing in on 700 (or so he says!). How many are others sitting on?
 
My total is currently standing at 81 collections; over the course of this year, I've been to 24 collections and 16 of those were first-time visits, so I think I'm not doing too badly.
 
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