How many zoos have you visited? (poll 2)

[Mehdi]

If I go by my new criteria (zoos I know I have visited + true zoos), I'm sitting at 20 zoos currently, the 20th being Tierpark Hellabrunn today!

Visited 2 days ago:

21 - Zoo Augsburg (Germany)

 

[MurphyFox]

Update (12/30/19)

Zoos:
Bergen County Zoological Park
Central Park Zoo
Elmwood Park Zoo
Franklin Park Zoo
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
Metro Richmond Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo
Roger Williams Park Zoo
Seneca Park Zoo
Smithsonian National Zoo
Stone Zoo
Turtle Back Zoo
ZooAmerica
Total: 12

Aquariums:
Alaska SeaLife Center
Atlantic Sea-Park
Bergen Aquarium
Clearwater Marine Aquarium
Georgia Aquarium
National Aquarium (Baltimore)
National Aquarium (DC - closed)
New England Aquarium
New York Aquarium
Total: 8

Theme Parks:
Busch Gardens Tampa
Discovery Cove
Disney's Animal Kingdom
The Seas with Nemo and Friends
SeaWorld Orlando
Total: 5

Museums:
Calvert Marine Museum
ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
Total: 2

Total: 29

 

[ThylacineAlive]

An overdue update:

119 (US 64). Oklahoma City Zoo
120 (US 65). Tulsa Zoo
121 (US 66). Oklahoma Aquarium
122 (US 67). Sedgwick County Zoo
123 (US 68). Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium
124 (US 69). Topeka Zoo
125 (US 70). SeaQuest Trumbull
126 (US 71). Eleanor Buck Wolf Nature Center

I'm not exactly sure how to count the Kansas Wildlife Exhibit in Wichita. It's basically a small rectangle of around 7 enclosures in the middle of a public park.

~Thylo

Last overdue update of the year:
127 (US 72). Stamford Museum & Nature Center
128 (US 73). Trailside Museums & Zoo

Will 2020 see my cross the 100 US zoo mark? Probably not but we'll see!

~Thylo

 

[SivatheriumGuy]

Spain:
-Parque de la naturaleza de Cabarceno
-Zoo Barcelona
-Sendaviva
-San Sebastian Aquarium
-Barcelona Aquarium
-Faunia Madrid
-Zoobotánico Jerez
-Bioparc Valencia
-Lacuniacha
France:
-Aquarium Biarritz
-Zoo Labenne
-Zoo Bassin d'Arcachon
-ZooParc de Beauval
UK:
-ZSL London zoo
Ireland
-I remember visiting an aquiarium in Ireland, but I don't remember it's name!

 

[arnold balk]

Here is a new (second) poll to replace the one from a few years ago. I will define "zoo" in the broadest term to include aquariums, safari parks, exotic animal sanctuaries, etc.

Edit - this time I am allowing the option to change your vote if you get to a higher number in the future.

Till now more then 160 different zoological institutions, mostly zoos in Europe. In 2013 A nice California trip along with Friends of the Blijdorp Zoo Rotterdam: San Francisco- Monterey Bay- Santa Barbara- San Diego Zoo, Sea World, Wild Animal Park, Los Angeles, Atlanta Zoo and Aquarium. About 500 visits.

 

[marvinjonesIII]

International

1. Dublin Zoo- Dublin, Ireland
2. Dingle OceanWorld- Dingle, Ireland
3. London Zoo- London, UK
4. Atlantis- Nassau, Bahamas
5. Ardastra Gardens/Zoo- Nassau, Bahamas
6. Biodome de Montreal- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
7. Zoo de Granby- Granby, Quebec, Canada
8. Toronto Zoo- Toronto, Ontario, Canada

U.S.

9. New England Aquarium- Boston, MA
10. Franklin Park Zoo- Boston, MA
11. Roger Williams Park Zoo- Providence, RI
13. Maritime Aquarium- Norwalk, CT
14. Beardsley Zoo- Bridgeport, CT
15. Bronx Zoo- Bronx, NY
16. Central Park Zoo- New York, NY
17. Prospect Park Zoo- Brooklyn, NY
18. Queens Zoo- Queens, NY
19. ZooAmerica- Hershey, PA
20. National Aviary- Pittsburgh, PA
21. Pittsburgh Zoo- Pittsburgh, PA
22. Philadelphia Zoo- Philadelphia, PA
23. National Aquarium- Baltimore, MD
24. Maryland Zoo- Baltimore, MD
25. Smithsonian National Zoo- Washington DC
26. National Aquarium (CLOSED)- Washington, DC
27. Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute- Front Royal, VA (not open to public)
28. Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center- Virginia Beach, VA
29. Virginia Zoo- Norfolk, VA
30. North Carolina Zoo- Asheboro, NC
31. Riverbanks Zoo- Columbia, SC
32. Georgia Aquarium- Atlanta, GA
33. Zoo Atlanta- Atlanta, GA
34. White Oak Conservation- Yulee, FL
35. Jacksonville Zoo- Jacksonville, FL
36. Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo- Gainesville, FL
37. Marineland- St Augustine, FL
38. Brevard Zoo- Melbourne, FL
39. Central Florida Zoo- Sanford, FL
40. Sea Life Orlando- Orlando, FL
41. SeaWorld Orlando- Orlando, FL
42. Discovery Cove- Orlando, FL
43. The Seas- Lake Buena Vista, FL
44. Disney's Animal Kingdom- Lake Buena Vista, FL
45. Gatorland- Kissimmee, FL
46. ZooTampa- Tampa, FL
47. Busch Gardens- Tampa, FL
48. Florida Aquarium- Tampa, FL
49. Lion Country Safari- West Palm Beach, FL
50. Palm Beach Zoo- Palm Beach, FL
51. Zoo Miami- Miami, FL
52. Birmingham Zoo- Birmingham, AL
53. Zoo Knoxville- Knoxville, TN
54. Nashville Zoo- Nashville, TN
55. Memphis Zoo- Memphis, TN
56. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo- Cleveland, OH
57. Columbus Zoo- Powell, OH
58. Cincinnati Zoo- Cincinnati, OH
59. Toledo Zoo- Toledo, OH
60. Detroit Zoo- Royal Oak, MI
61. Indianapolis Zoo- Indianapolis, IN
62. Shedd Aquarium- Chicago, IL
63. Lincoln Park Zoo- Chicago, IL
64. Brookfield Zoo- Brookfield, IL
65. Milwaukee County Zoo- Milwaukee, WI
66. Audubon Zoo- New Orleans, LA
66. Audubon Aquarium of the Americas- New Orleans, LA
67. Audubon Insectarium- New Orleans, LA
68. Audubon Species Survival Center- New Orleans, LA (not open to public)
69. Dallas Zoo- Dallas, TX
70. Children's Aquarium at Fair Park- Dallas, TX
71. Dallas World Aquarium- Dallas, TX
72. Fort Worth Zoo- Fort Worth, TX
73. Caldwell Zoo- Tyler, TX
74. Cameron Park Zoo- Waco, TX
75. Fossil Rim Wildlife Center- Glen Rose, TX
76. Houston Zoo- Houston, TX
77. San Antonio Zoo- San Antonio, TX
78. Oklahoma City Zoo- Oklahoma City, OK
79. Tulsa Zoo- Tulsa, OK
80. Saint Louis Zoo- Saint Louis, MO
81. Kansas City Zoo- Kansas City, MO
82. Sedgwick County Zoo- Wichita, KS
83. Topeka Zoo- Topeka, KS
84. Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo- Omaha, NE
85. San Diego Zoo- San Diego, CA
86. San Diego Zoo Safari Park- Escondido, CA
87. Los Angeles Zoo- Los Angeles, CA
88. California Science Center- Los Angeles, CA
89. Monterey Bay Aquarium- Monterey, CA
90. San Francisco Zoo- San Francisco, CA
91. Aquarium of the Bay- San Francisco, CA
92. Oakland Zoo- Oakland, CA
93. Oregon Zoo- Portland, OR
94. Northwest Trek Wildlife Park- Eatonville, WA
95. Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium- Tacoma, WA
96. Seattle Aquarium- Seattle, WA
97. Woodland Park Zoo- Seattle, WA

 

[Arizona Docent]

@marvinjonesIII only three more to the big number 100. I hope you make it special. My number 100 was the first modern zoo (Tiergarten Schonbrunn) in Vienna. I even commemorated it with a photo of me in front of the entrance holding a sign I had printed at home and taken with me.

 

[MurphyFox]

Update (1/20/20)

Zoos:
Bergen County Zoological Park
Bronx Zoo
Central Park Zoo
Elmwood Park Zoo
Franklin Park Zoo
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
Metro Richmond Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo
Roger Williams Park Zoo
Seneca Park Zoo
Smithsonian National Zoo
Stone Zoo
Turtle Back Zoo
ZooAmerica
Total: 13

Aquariums:
Alaska SeaLife Center
Atlantic Sea-Park
Bergen Aquarium
Clearwater Marine Aquarium
Georgia Aquarium
National Aquarium (Baltimore)
National Aquarium (DC - closed)
New England Aquarium
New York Aquarium
Total: 8

Theme Parks:
Busch Gardens Tampa
Discovery Cove
Disney's Animal Kingdom
The Seas with Nemo and Friends
SeaWorld Orlando
Total: 5

Museums:
Calvert Marine Museum
ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
Total: 2

Total: 30

 

[MurphyFox]

Update (2/17/20)

Zoos:
Bergen County Zoological Park
Bronx Zoo
Central Park Zoo
Elmwood Park Zoo
Franklin Park Zoo
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
Metro Richmond Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo
Roger Williams Park Zoo
Seneca Park Zoo
Smithsonian National Zoo
Stone Zoo
Turtle Back Zoo
ZooAmerica
Total: 13

Aquariums:
Alaska SeaLife Center
Atlantic Sea-Park
Bergen Aquarium
Clearwater Marine Aquarium
Georgia Aquarium
Florida Aquarium
National Aquarium (Baltimore)
National Aquarium (DC - closed)
New England Aquarium
New York Aquarium
Total: 9

Theme Parks:
Busch Gardens Tampa
Discovery Cove
Disney's Animal Kingdom
The Seas with Nemo and Friends
SeaWorld Orlando
Total: 5

Museums:
Calvert Marine Museum
ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
Total: 2

Total: 31

 

[Junklekitteb]

Zoos:
Bannerghatta Bio Park
Mysore Zoo
Arignar Anna Zoo, Chennai
Pilikula Zoo
Shivamogga Tiger-Lion Safari (possibly the worst I’ve visited)
Madras Crocodile Bank Trust

Aquariums
Government Aquarium, Bangalore
Pondicherry Botanical Gardens Aquarium

Others
Shuka Vana

 

[Bisonblake]

I forgot about one aquarium on my list

The Seas With Nemo and Friends brings my total to 19 zoos and aquariums

 

[Mehdi]

Visited 2 days ago:

21 - Zoo Augsburg (Germany)

Aaand a new one!

22 - Bioparc Valencia (Spain)

 

[Penshet]

Current total of 53 zoos in 14 countries:

Austria:
Haus des Meeres (2019)
Tiergarten Schönbrunn (2019)

Belgium:
Pakawi Park (2019)
Pairi Daiza (2019)
Sealife Blankenberge (2019)
ZOO Antwerpen (2020)
ZOO Planckendael (2019)
ZOO Serpentarium (2019)

Canada:
Calgary Zoo (2013)
Vancouver Aquarium (2013)

Denmark:
Den Bla Planet (2016)
Zoo Kobenhavn (2016)

France:
Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes (2019)
Nausicaa (2020)
Parc des Félins (2019)
Parc Zoologique de Paris (2019)
Terre des Singes (2019)
Zoo du Bois d'Attilly (2019)

Germany:
Aquazoo Düsseldorf (2019)
Kölner Zoo (2019)
Tierpark Berlin (2019)
Tierpark Hagenbeck (2019)
Weltvogelpark Walsrode (2019)
Zoo Duisburg (2019)
Zoo Berlin (2019)
Zoo Wuppertal (2019)
Zoo Karlsruhe (2017)

Hungary:
Budapest Zoo (2019)

Ireland:
Dublin Zoo (2014)

Netherlands:
Apenheul (2019)
Avifauna (2020)
BestZoo (2019)
Diergaarde Blijdorp (2019)
Burgers' Zoo (2019)
De Oliemeulen (2019)
GaiaZoo (2019)
ARTIS (2019)
Safaripark Beekse Bergen (2019)
Zie-Zoo (2019)
Zoo Veldhoven (2019)

Poland:
Zoo Warszawa (2019)

Portugal:
Lisbon Zoo (2018)
Oceanario Lisboa (2018)
Sealife Porto (2019)
Zoo da Maia (2019)
Zoo Santo Inácio (2019)

Spain:
Bioparc Valencia (2015)
Oceanográfic Valencia (2015)

Sweden:
Skansen + aquarium (2016)

USA:
Bronx Zoo (2019)
Central Park Zoo (2019)
Miami Metro Zoo (2016)
Prospect Park Zoo (2019)

 

[TinoPup]

Just updated my list, I've officially moved into the next # category in the poll! Bold are new, italics are ones that got moved up thanks to recent visits.

Places I visited within the last decade or so (32):
3 Palms Zoo (Clayton, DE)
Adventure Aquarium (Camden, NJ)
Brandywine Zoo (Wilmington, DE)
Bronx Zoo (NY, NY)
Central Park Zoo (Manhattan, NY)
Dallas World Aquarium (Dallas, TX)
Dallas Zoo (Dallas, TX)
Denver Aquarium (Denver, CO)
Elmwood Park Zoo (Norristown, PA)
Fort Worth Zoo (Forth Worth, TX)
Lee Simmons Wildlife Safari Park (Ashland, NE)
Leesburg Animal Park (Leesburg, VA)
Lehigh Valley Zoo (Allentown, PA)
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore (Baltimore, MD)
Maymont (Richmond, VA)
Metro Richmond Zoo (Mosley, VA)
National Aquarium (Baltimore, MD)
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo (Omaha, NE)
Oregon Zoo (Portland, OR)
Philadelphia Zoo (Philadelphia, PA)
Roer’s Zoofari (Vienna, VA)
Salisbury Zoo (Salisbury, MD)
SeaWorld Orlando (Orlando, FL)
Smithsonian Zoo (Washington, D.C.)
Toronto Zoo (Toronto, ON)
Turtle Back Zoo (Orange, NJ)
Virginia Aquarium (VA Beach, VA)
Virginia Living Museum (Newport News, VA)
Virginia Zoo (Norfolk, PA)
Waterloo Park (Waterloo, ON)
Wildlife Safari (Winston, OR)
ZooAmerica (Hershey, PA)

Places I remember fairly well (8):
Animal Kingdom (Orlando, FL)
Beardsley Zoo (Bridgeport, CT)
Cotswolds Zoo (Burford UK)
Longleat (Warminster UK)
Marineland Canada (Niagara Falls, ON)
Mystic Aquarium (Mystic, CT)
National Aquarium (Washington, D.C.)
Six Flags Great Adventure (Jackson, NJ)

Places I vaguely remember (6):
Bournemouth Oceanarium (Bournemouth UK)
Bristol Zoo (Bristol UK)
London Aquarium (London UK)
London Zoo (London UK)
Southwick's Zoo (Mendon, MA)
Windsor Wildlife Park (Windsor, UK)

Places I don't remember at all (6):
Beale Park (Reading UK)
Birdland Park (Bourton-on-the-Water, UK)
Bournemouth Parks & Gardens (Bournemouth UK)
Chessington Zoo (Chessington UK)
Marwell Zoo (Winchester UK)
Paultons Park (Romsey UK)

 

[Junklekitteb]

Zoos:
Bannerghatta Bio Park
Mysore Zoo
Arignar Anna Zoo, Chennai
Pilikula Zoo
Shivamogga Tiger-Lion Safari (possibly the worst I’ve visited)
Madras Crocodile Bank Trust

Aquariums
Government Aquarium, Bangalore
Pondicherry Botanical Gardens Aquarium

Others
Shuka Vana

Forgot about Dehli Zoo, but I don’t remember it at all. I guess moves me up a category.

 

[Luca Bronzi]

1. Zoo di Napoli (Italy)
2. Zoo delle Maitine (Italy)
3. ZooSafari Fasano (Italy)
4. Bioparco di Roma (Italy)
5. Parco Natura Viva (Italy)
6. Alpenzoo Innsbruck (Austria)
7. Barcelona Zoo (Spain)
8. London Zoo (England)
9. Menagerie du Jardin De Plantes (France)
10. Zoo de Vincennes (France)
11. Anton Dohrn Aquarium (Italy)
12. Genova Aquarium (Italy)
13. Barcelona Aquarium (Spain)
14. Cosmocaixa (Spain)
15. Berlin Zoo (Germany)
16. Tropical Aquarium (France)
17. Aquarium next to the Eiffel Tower (I don't remember the name).
18. Bioparc Valencia (Spain)
19. Oceanografic Valencia (Spain)

 

[Mehdi]

17. Aquarium next to the Eiffel Tower (I don't remember the name).

Aquarium de Paris

 

[aardvark250]

Update list :

China (7):
Chimelong safari park
HKZBG
Ocean Park HK
Shenzhen zoo
Guangzhou zoo
Chimelong aquarium
Zhongshan Park Zoo

Taiwan(1):
Taipei

Singapore(5):
S.E.A.
Jurong
Night Safari
River safari
Singapore

Malaysia(2):
KL bird park
Zoo negara

South Korea(1):
Everland zoo

Japan(17):
Ueno
Tama
Yokohama Aquarium
Kamogawa seaworld
Kyoto
Kyoto Aquarium
Osaka Aqua.(Kaiyukan)
Kobe Animal Kingdom
Tennoji
Toba aquarium
Ise sea paradise
Nagoya (higashiyama)
JMC
Nagoya Port aquarium
Yokohama zoorasia
Tokyo sea life park
Inokashira park zoo

Total: 33 zoos/aquarium.

 

[Yoshistar888]

Australia

Traditional Zoos

1. Melbourne Zoo

Wildlife sanctuarys/parks (mainly natives although currumbin has a few exotics that i didnt see(i was little))

2. Heasville Sanctuary
3. Phillip Island Wildlife Park
4. Moonlit Sanctuary
5. Currumbin Sanctuary

Safari parks

6. Weribee Zoo

Aquariums

7. Melbourne Aquarium

Theme park aquarium

8. Sea world Gold Coast

Theme park

9. Dreamworld

Museum

10. Melbourne Museum

(I have also visited the National Museum in Canberra but the closest thing i saw to a live animal was Phar Laps gigantic heart)

USA

Theme park aquariums

11. Disney's Epcot (the nemo section)

Theme parks
12. Disneys animal kingdom

Museums

13. Yale Peabody museum of natrual history

(notes: I have 'been' to two other collections in the USA but the first had no live animals (Natrual history museum in NYC) and the other being the Central Park Zoo (however it was from a distance and i couldnt convince the family to go there, so that dosent count either)

The Bahamas

* This also dosent count but I have seen the atlantis hotel/aquarium (its got a massive actual aquarium) from a distance. Also dosent count.

 

[Jarne]

My list:

Belgium

1. Planckendael
2. Zoo Antwerpen
3. Aquatopia (now closed permanently)
4. Dierenpark de Zonnegloed
5. Sea-life Blankenberge
6. Serpentarium Blankenberge
7. Noordzeeaquarium (now closed for renovations)
8. Olmense Zoo/Pakawi Park (not yet under the new name)
9. Pairi Daiza (both as Paradisio and Pairi Daiza)
10. Les grottes de Han​

Netherlands

11. Diergaarde Blijdorp/Rotterdam Zoo
12. Natura Artis Magistra
13. Het Arsenaal
14. Safaripark Beekse Bergen
15. Burgers' Zoo
​

Germany

16. Naturzoo Rheine
17. Wildpark Daun
18. Wildgehege Kempfeld
19. Zoo Duisburg
20. Zoo Nordhorn
21. Zoo Neuwied
​

France

22. La ferme aux crocodiles​