How many zoos have you visited? (poll 2)

[FunkyGibbon]

This is actually really coincidental, as apparently I've been to exactly 99 zoos in my life so far! Glad I found this out now, so that I could potentially plan an interesting 100th zoo...

Which zoo turned out to be 100 in the end?

 

[Vision]

Which zoo turned out to be 100 in the end?

Well, it's quite a tricky situation! In this post I did a recount, which brought my total down to 98. After that I visited Zagreb's zoo, bringing me up to 99, but shortly after I realized I had missed a collection (Zeehondencentrum Pieterburen) that I visited when I was very young, meaning Zagreb actually turned out to be my 100th. Since then I've also come to realize that in my youth I've visited at least 3 petting zoos not previously counted in my total list, which technically do check all of the boxes to be a "zoo" - meaning Central Park Zoo would actually have been my 100th zoo, without me realizing so during my visit (or indeed long after, as I'm only finding this out now, a year after my visit).
I'll gladly claim Central Park Zoo as my 100th zoo!

As an update to this thread, my count is now 104: the previous 98 plus Pieterburen, 3 petting zoos (all visited as a child), Zagreb Zoo, and ZooParc de Beauval.

 

[ThylacineAlive]

Manchester Museum is wonderful and their vivarium is wonderful but having visited I don't think I would call it a zoo tbh. Also, I would say their collection is extremely choice in the species they choose to keep, but I wouldn't call it extremely extensive (though to be fair the assistant curator was telling me on my visit that they have been downsizing the collection a fair bit since @TeaLovingDave's last visit and even @devilfish's visit a few months ago). I counted 22 species in the current collection, and this includes 8 non-amphibian species. I also know they do have one new frog species arriving next month but that still doesn't put them at the top of any amphibian quantity lists. Berlin Zoo has a much, much more extensive on-show collection than most other zoos I've visited with 32 species on-exhibit, not including the five different Dyeing Poison Dart Frog morphs they exhibit in a row.

~Thylo

 

[ThylacineAlive]

87 (54 US). Southwick's Zoo
88 (55 US). Lupa Zoo

~Thylo

I guess I left one out from just before my trip so:

89 (56 US). Space Farms Zoo & Museum

90. Faunia
91. Madrid Zoo Aquarium
92. Duisburg Zoo
93. Krefeld Zoo
94. Weltvogelpark Walsrode
95. Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover
96. Berlin Zoological Garden
97. Tierpark Berlin
98. Leipzig Zoological Garden
99. Wildpark Leipzig
100. Magdeburg Zoo
101. Tierpark Schönebeck
102. Nowe Zoo Poznań
103. Stare Zoo Poznań
104. Wroclaw Zoological Garden
105. Ostrava Zoo
106. Prague Zoo
107. Plzen Zoo
108. Jihlava Zoo
109. Cedars Nature Center
110 (UK 34). Lotherton Wildlife World
111 (UK 35). Tropical World Leeds

So now that I've visited over 100 zoos does my opinion randomly become more valid?

~Thylo

 

[ThylacineAlive]

I guess I left one out from just before my trip so:

89 (56 US). Space Farms Zoo & Museum

90. Faunia
91. Madrid Zoo Aquarium
92. Duisburg Zoo
93. Krefeld Zoo
94. Weltvogelpark Walsrode
95. Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover
96. Berlin Zoological Garden
97. Tierpark Berlin
98. Leipzig Zoological Garden
99. Wildpark Leipzig
100. Magdeburg Zoo
101. Tierpark Schönebeck
102. Nowe Zoo Poznań
103. Stare Zoo Poznań
104. Wroclaw Zoological Garden
105. Ostrava Zoo
106. Prague Zoo
107. Plzen Zoo
108. Jihlava Zoo
109. Cedars Nature Center
110 (UK 34). Lotherton Wildlife World
111 (UK 35). Tropical World Leeds

So now that I've visited over 100 zoos does my opinion randomly become more valid?

~Thylo

Obviously I'm on 36 UK zoos not 35..

~Thylo

 

[devilfish]

I'll race to you 500! I hope to visit my 500th different zoo/aquarium in August of 2019. I'll probably then be stuck at 500 for the following 2-3 years...but you should easily be able to beat me to that total in the first place.

The race is on! I don't have any big zoo trips planned and I'd be surprised if I pick up even five new collections before the end of the year, but might be able to pick up the pace in 2019 - hopefully!

 

[pipaluk]

Obviously I'm on 36 UK zoos not 35..

~Thylo

Impressive and you've managed 12 I haven't been to!

 

[JamesB]

I actually keep a census of the zoos I've been to and the mammal species I've seen - I'm a sucker for lists and stats!

Here's my list of first visits:
1998: Marwell
1999: Monkey World & Paultons
2002: Amazon World
2003: Cerza
2004: Paignton
2005: Longleat
2006: Bird World, Chessington, Exmoor Zoo
2007: Alligator Bay, Bristol Zoo, Champrepus Zoo, London Zoo & Bournemouth Oceanarium
2008: Barcelona Zoo, Otter and Owl, Planete Sauvage, Whipsnade & Zoo De Sable D’Olonne
2009: Port Lympne, Twycross & Weymouth Sealife
2010: Flamingo Land & Parco Nature Viva
2011: Jersey Zoo, London Aquarium
2012: Basel, Living Rainforest, Edinburgh Zoo
2013: Saigon Zoo, Cat Tien, Ocean Park & Newquay Zoo
2014: Birmingham Nature Centre & Amazona Zoo
2015: Copenhagen Zoo
2016: Monkey Haven, Artis Royal Zoo, Cotswold Wildlife Park
2017: Bournemouth Oceanarium, Brighton Sealife, Slottsskogen, Universeum
2018: Chester Zoo, Busbridge Lakes, Tiergarten Schonbrunn

I make that 47 so far...

 

[drill]

Those two collections didn't work out plan to review in thirteen days Knoxville zoo, Little Ponderosa Zoo, Chestatee Zoo, North Georgia Zoo, Wild Animal Safari, Chattahoochee Nature Center, Team Ecco Aquarium, Cherokee Bear Zoo, Western NC Nature Center, Serpentarium Magic, Kaleideum North, Greensboro Science Center, and Sylvan Heights Bird Park. Little Ponderosa Zoo and most of the Ga Zoos unlikely right now due to the weather.

All the NC Zoos plans have changed to TN Zoos.

 

[Giant Eland]

Happy to announce I'm able to change my vote to 200-299 after my recent European/UAE trip!

Here's the full updated list:

Argentina

1.) Batan Zoo

2.) Buenos Aires Zoo**

3.) Mar del Plata Aquarium

4.) Temaiken


Australia

5.) Australia Zoo

6.) Caversham Wildlife Park

7.) Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary

8.) David Fleay Wildlife Park

9.) Featherdale Wildlife Park

10.) Healesville Sanctuary

11.) Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre

12.) Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary

13.) Melbourne Museum

14.) Melbourne Zoo

15.) Moonlit Sanctuary

16.) Perth Zoo

17.) Sea World (Gold Coast)

18.) Sydney Wildlife World

19.) Sydney Zoo

20.) Territory Wildlife Park


Austria

21.) Schmiding Zoo


Bahamas

22.) Ardastra Gardens & Zoo* (Barely entered)


Belgium

23.) Antwerp Zoo


Brazil

24.) Belo Horizonte Zoo

25.) Guarulhos Zoo

26.) Rio de Janeiro Zoo

27.) Sao Paulo Aquarium

28.) Sao Paulo Zoo

29.) Sorocaba Zoo


Canada

30.) Junglecat World Wildlife Park

31.) Toronto Zoo


China

32.) Beijing Zoo


Columbia

33.) Bioparque Los Ocarros

34.) Cali Zoo

35.) Jaime Duque, Bogota


Costa Rica

36.) The Bat Jungle

37.) Tirimbina Biological Reserve


Czech Republic

38.) Brno Zoo

39.) Jihlava Zoo

40.) Liberec Zoo

41.) Ostrava Zoo

42.) Plzen Zoo

43.) Prague Zoo

44.) Zlin Zoo


Ecuador

45.) Charles Darwin Research Station


France

46.) Mulhouse Zoo

47.) Parc des Félins

48.) Paris, Jardin des Plantes


Germany


49.) Berlin Tierpark

50.) Berlin Zoo

51.) Dortmund Zoo

52.) Duisburg Zoo

53.) Erfurt Zoo

54.) Frankfurt Zoo

55.) Gotha Zoo

56.) Halle Zoo

57.) Heidelberg Zoo

58.) Köln Zoo

59.) Krefeld Zoo

60.) Leipzig Zoo

61.) Leipzig (Wildpark Connewitz)

62.) Opel-Zoo Kronberg

63.) Magdeburg Zoo

64.) Munich Zoo

65.) Tiergarten Staßfurt

66.) Tierpark Donnersberg

67.) Tierpark Schönebeck


India

68.) New Delhi Zoo


Indonesia

69.) Batu Secret Zoo

70.) Ragunan Zoo

71.) Taman Safari Bogor


Japan

72.) Inokashira Park Zoo

73.) Tama Zoo

74.) Toba Aquarium

75.) Ueno Zoo


Mexico

76.) Chapultepec Zoo

77.) Xcaret Cancun

78.) Zoologico Los Coyotes



Netherlands

79.) BestZoo

80.) Burgers Zoo Arnhem

81.) Harderwijk Dolphinarium

82.) Ouwehands Zoo

83.) Overloon Zoo

84.) The Equator (Etten Leur)

85.) Wissel Zoo (Epe)**


New Zealand

86.) Auckland Zoo


Peru

87.) Huachipa Zoo

88.) Parque de las Leyendas

Philippines

89.) Avilon Zoo


Poland

90.) Poznań New Zoo

91.) Wrocław Zoo


Russia

92.) Moscow Zoo

93.) Novosibirsk Zoo


Singapore

94.) Singapore Night Safari

95.) Singapore Zoo



Spain

96.) Faunia Madrid

97.) Madrid Zoo

98.) Safari Madrid

99.) Valencia Bioparc



Switzerland

100.) Zurich Zoo


Taiwan

101.) Taipei Zoo


Thailand

102.) Dusit Zoo

103.) Khao Kheow Zoo

104.) Monster World Aquarium

105.) Pata Zoo

106.) Pattaya Dolphin World


United Arab Emirates

107.) Al Ain Zoo

108.) Al Bustan Zoological Centre (Private)

109.) Arabian Wildlife Center

110.) Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife (Private)



United Kingdom

111.) Axe Valley Wildlife Park

112.) Avon Valley Adventure & Wildlife Park

113.) Bristol Zoo

114.) British Wildlife Centre

115.) Chester Zoo

116.) Howletts Wild Animal Park

117.) London Zoo

118.) Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre

119.) Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm (Not allowed in, closed on Sundays)

120.) Paradise Wildlife Park (Broxbourne)

121.) Rare Species Conservation Centre, Sandwich **


United States

122.) Adventure Aquarium

123.) Arizona Sonora Desert Museum

124.) Atlanta Zoo

125.) Baltimore Aquarium

126.) Baltimore Zoo

127.) Baton Rouge Zoo

128.) Big Cat Rescue, Tampa

129.) Birch Aquarium

130.) Bronx Zoo

131.) Brookfield Zoo

132.) Busch Gardens Tampa

133.) Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium

134.) Capital of Texas Zoo

135.) Catoctin Wildlife Preserve

136.) Catskill Game Farm**

137.) Central Park Zoo

138.) Cincinnati Zoo

139.) Cleveland Zoo

140.) Columbus Zoo

141.) Dallas World Aquarium

142.) Dallas Zoo

143.) Denver Zoo

144.) Detroit Zoo

145.) Disney’s Animal Kingdom

146.) Dolphin Research Center

147.) Duke Lemur Center

148.) Even Keel Exotics

149.) Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo

150.) Fort Worth Zoo

151.) Georgia Aquarium

152.) Gladys Porter Zoo

153.) Greenville Zoo

154.) Gulf World Marine Park

155.) Houston Zoo

156.) Hutchinson Zoo

157.) Larry’s Johnson’s Ranch (Private)

158.) Lindsay Wildlife Museum

159.) Lion Country Safari

160.) Little Rock Zoo

161.) Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition Center

162.) Long Island Game Farm Wildlife Park & Children’s Zoo

163.) Los Angeles Zoo

164.) Louisville Zoo

165.) Lowry Park Zoo

166.) Marine World/Africa U.S.A.**

167.) Memphis Zoo

168.) Miami Metro Zoo

169.) Miami Seaquarium

170.) Miller Park Zoo

171.) Milwaukee Zoo

172.) Minnesota Zoo

173.) Monkey Jungle

174.) Monterey Bay Aquarium

175.) Mote Aquarium

176.) Myakka City Lemur Reserve

177.) Mystic Aquarium

178.) New England Aquarium

179.) New York Aquarium

180.) North Carolina Zoo

181.) Oklahoma City Zoo

182.) Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo

183.) Organization for Bat Conservation

184.) Pacific Marine Mammal Center

185.) Parrot Jungle**

186.) Peoria Zoo

187.) Philadelphia Zoo

188.) Prospect Park Zoo

189.) Queens Zoo

190.) Sacramento Zoo

191.) San Antonio Zoo

192.) San Diego Wild Animal Park

193.) San Diego Zoo

194.) San Francisco Zoo

195.) Santa Barbara Zoo

196.) Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo

197.) Sea World Orlando

198.) Sea World San Antonio

199.) Sea World San Diego

200.) Shadow Nursery** (Private)

201.) Shedd Aquarium

202.) Shell Factory & Nature Park

203.) Smithsonian’s National Zoo

204.) St. Louis Zoo

205.) Syracuse Zoo

206.) Toledo Zoo

207.) Virginia Living Museum

208.) West Palm Beach Zoo

209.) Wildlife World Zoo

210.) York’s Wild Kingdom, Maine

211.) ZooAmerica, Hershey


Uruguay

212.) Bioparque M’Bopicua

Vietnam

213.) Endangered Primate Research Center

214.) Hanoi Zoo

215.) Saigon Zoo

 

[Hipporex]

I have been to 32 zoos/aquariums in 9 U.S. states plus D.C.

1. Arizona
   1. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (Tucson)
2. California
   1. Aquarium of the Bay (San Francisco)
   2. Aquarium of the Pacific (Long Beach)
   3. California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco)
   4. Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary (Folsom)
   5. Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens (Los Angeles)
   6. Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey)
   7. Oakland Zoo (Oakland)
   8. Ocean World (Crescent City)
   9. Sacramento Zoo (Sacramento)
   10. San Diego Zoo (San Diego)
   11. San Francisco Zoo (San Francisco)
   12. Santa Barbara Zoo (Santa Barbara)
   13. SeaWorld San Diego (San Diego)
   14. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (Vallejo)
   15. The Marine Mammal Center (Sausalito)
3. Florida
   1. Clearwater Marine Aquarium (Clearwater)
   2. Disney’s Animal Kingdom (Bay Lake)
   3. The Seas with Nemo & Friends (Bay Lake)
4. Hawaii
   1. Honolulu Zoo (Honolulu)
   2. Sea Life Park (Waimānalo)
   3. Waikiki Aquarium (Honolulu)
5. Nevada
   1. Animal Ark (Reno)
   2. Mandalay Bay Aquarium (Paradise)
   3. Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden And Dolphin Habitat (Paradise)
6. Oregon
   1. Oregon Zoo (Portland)
7. Tennessee
   1. Memphis Zoo (Memphis)
8. Texas
   1. Cameron Park Zoo (Waco)
   2. Franklin Drive Thru Safari (Franklin)
   3. Houston Zoo (Houston)
9. Utah
   1. Utah’s Hogle Zoo (Salt Lake City)
10. Washington D.C.
    1. National Zoological Park

I've also been to a few other facilities but I don't consider any of true "zoos" or "aquariums."

 

[Hipporex]

I actually keep a census of the zoos I've been to and the mammal species I've seen - I'm a sucker for lists and stats!

I do the same

 

[JigerofLemuria]

As far as I remember;
Spain:
- Barcelona Zoo (home zoo)
- L'Aquarium Barcelona
- CosmoCaixa Barcelona
- Zoo Aquarium Madrid
- Faunia
- Oceanografic València
- Bioparc València
- Marineland Costa Brava
- Aqualeón (no longer a Safari Park)
- Parc de Sobrestany (closed)
- Parc de les Aus (closed)
Europe:
- Berlin Zoo-Aquarium (just barely)
- London Zoo
- Sea Life London Aquarium
- Whipsnade Zoo
- Reserve Africaine du Sigean
-Some wildlife park in France whose name and status I don't remember.
- Bioparco Roma
- Zoo Lisboa
- Oceanografico Lisboa
- Dublin Zoo
- Dingle Aquarium
- Some wildlife park in Ireland whose name and status I don't remember.
- Prague Zoo
- Galerie Krokodily
- Tallinn Zoo
North America
- Bronx Zoo
- Central Park Zoo
- Aquarium of the Pacific
Asia
- Singapore Zoo
- Singapore Night Safari
- Ocean Park Hong Kong
- Everland
Oceania:
- Wellington Zoo
- Auckland Zoo
- Kelly Tarlton's aquarium
- Some wildlife park near Christchurch whose name and status I don't remember.
- Taronga Zoo
- Sydney Aquarium.

Total: 39

 

[ThylacineAlive]

I guess I left one out from just before my trip so:

89 (56 US). Space Farms Zoo & Museum

90. Faunia
91. Madrid Zoo Aquarium
92. Duisburg Zoo
93. Krefeld Zoo
94. Weltvogelpark Walsrode
95. Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover
96. Berlin Zoological Garden
97. Tierpark Berlin
98. Leipzig Zoological Garden
99. Wildpark Leipzig
100. Magdeburg Zoo
101. Tierpark Schönebeck
102. Nowe Zoo Poznań
103. Stare Zoo Poznań
104. Wroclaw Zoological Garden
105. Ostrava Zoo
106. Prague Zoo
107. Plzen Zoo
108. Jihlava Zoo
109. Cedars Nature Center
110 (UK 34). Lotherton Wildlife World
111 (UK 35). Tropical World Leeds

So now that I've visited over 100 zoos does my opinion randomly become more valid?

~Thylo

112 (US 57). Biomes Marine Biology Center

~Thylo

 

[Grant Rhino]

As far as I can remember:

1. Werribee Open Range Zoo (Australia)
2. Melbourne Zoo (Australia)
3. Healesville Sanctuary (Australia)
4. Halls Gap Zoo (Australia)
5. Moonlit Sanctuary (Australia)
6. Small wildlife park on the Great Ocean Road (Australia)
7. Another small wildlife park also on the Great Ocean Road (Australia)
8. Small wildlife park in Bordertown (Australia)
9. Adelaide Zoo (Australia)
10. Monarto Zoo (Australia)
11. Cleland Wildlife Park (Australia)
12. Gorge Wildlife Park (Australia)
13. Perth Zoo (Australia)
14. Mogo Zoo (Australia)
15. Altina Wildlife Park (Australia)
16. Taronga Zoo (Australia)
17. Dubbo Zoo (Australia)
18. Melbourne Aquarium (Australia)
19. National Zoo Canberra (Australia)
20. Currumbin Sanctuary (Australia)
21. SeaWorld (Australia)
22. Dreamworld (Australia)
23. Orana Wildlife Park (New Zealand)
24. Singapore Zoo (Singapore)
25. Singapore River Safari (Singapore)
26. Singapore Bird Park (Singapore)
27. Singapore Night Safari (Singapore)
28. Kuala Lumpur Zoo (Malaysia)
29. Kota Kinabalu Zoo - can't recall the exact name (Malaysia)
30. Bangkok Zoo (Thailand)
31. Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand)
32. Kathmandu Zoo (Nepal)
33. Captive animals at the entrance of Bardia National Park (Nepal)
34. Nainital Zoo (India)
35. Colombo Zoo (Sri Lanka)
36. Varna Zoo - can't remember the exact name (Bulgaria)
37. Kystendil Zoo (Bulgaria)
38. Belgrade Zoo (Serbia)
39. Zagreb Zoo (Croatia)
40. Ljubljana Zoo (Slovenia)
41. Budapest Zoo (Hungary)
42. Prague Zoo (Czech Republic)
43. Bear pit in Czeske Krumlov (Czech Republic)
44. Alpine Zoo Innsbruck (Austria)
45. Berlin Zoo (Germany)
46. Leipzig Zoo (Germany)
47. Dresden Zoo (Germany)
48. Frankfurt Zoo (Germany)
49. Artis Zoo, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
50. Helsinki Zoo (Finland)
51. Buenos Aires Zoo (Argentina)
52. Wildlife SOS (India)
53. Meerkats at Melbourne Children's Hospital (Australia)
54. Tasmania Zoo (Australia)
55. Small place with a captive tiger and bears (Laos)
56. Small place with captive deer (Indonesia)
57. Magdeburg Wildlife Park/Zoo near Dresden (Germany)
58. Japanese Macaques in Launceston Botanical Gardens (Australia)
59. Alice Springs Desert Park (Australia)
60. Small place with red kangaroos in Australian outback (Australia)

I'm guessing/assuming I've been to another 10 small wildlife parks - mostly in Australia, but I can't recall which ones (there are so many of them here), and maybe another 1-2 zoos in Germany, but I've done this over a period of 42 years and I can not remember them all. I'm guessing it's approx. 70 all up.

 

[Grant Rhino]

61. Basel Zoo (Switzerland)

 

[Airman]

Wow, some people here really visited a lot of zoos ))) I voted 1-9. My favourite was a zoo in Vienna (Tiergarten Schonbrunn). I even had rented an appartment in Vienna next to the zoo and visited it 3 times in 1 week. Zebras were my favourites!

 

[migdog]

Been to Zoom Erlebniswelt today, and at Dortmund Zoo tomorrow, before hitting zoo #100 on Saturday...Duisburg!

 

[pipaluk]

Been to Zoom Erlebniswelt today, and at Dortmund Zoo tomorrow, before hitting zoo #100 on Saturday...Duisburg!

A great choice for number 100, I'm closing in on that milestone, but doubt it will be anywhere as special!

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Been to Zoom Erlebniswelt today, and at Dortmund Zoo tomorrow, before hitting zoo #100 on Saturday...Duisburg!

Fingers firmly crossed Baby hangs on a few more days, then!

Make sure you pay attention to the oncillas at Dortmund, which are a different species to those you have seen elsewhere - and note my directions posted on the forum in the past regarding how to locate the Himalayan Masked Civets!