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
I figured I'd take the opportunity of it being a year and a half (!!!) since my last update to repost an overview of all the zoological institutions I've visited, including the few new 2021 collections in bold at the end.
A reminder of my standing come the beginning of this thread:
When I first posted on the original thread on January 1, 2013, I had only visited 11 zoos/aquariums (and only 8 really count as the other 3 were visited when I was a child and thus were not what I would consider proper visits). Now just over 5 years later in January 27, 2018, I have visited 86 collections from three countries: 53 in the United States, 30 in England, and 3 in Scotland.
My zoos:
United States
1) Action Wildlife (2016)
2) Adventure Aquarium (2014)
3) Aquarium of the Pacific (2018)
4) Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (2018)
5) Biomes Marine Biology Center (2018)
6) Bronx Zoo (Pre-2011, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
7) California Living Museum (2018)
8) Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens (2016)
9) Central Park Zoo (Pre-2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018)
10) Chattanooga Zoo (2019)
11) Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (2013)
12) Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo (Pre-2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020)
13) Dallas World Aquarium (2018)
14) Dallas Zoo (2018)
15) Disney's Animal Kingdom (Pre-2011)
16) Eleanor Buck Wolf Nature Center (2019)
17) Emerald Forest Bird Gardens (2018)
18) Fort Worth Zoo (2018)
19) Franklin Park Zoo (2017)
20) Gatorland (Pre-2011)
21) Georgia Aquarium (2019)
22) Gibbon Conservation Center (2018)
23) Gladys Porter Zoo (2018)
24) Houston Zoo (2018)
25) Kansas Wildlife Exhibit (2019)
26) Living Desert Zoo & Gardens (2018)
27) Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy (2017, 2019, 2020)
28) Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens (2016, 2018)
29) Lupa Zoo (2018, 2021)
30) Magic Wings Butterfly Conservancy & Gardens (2017)
31) Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk (2011, 2014, 2016, 2019)
32) Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration (2011, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021)
33) Nashville Zoo at Grassmere (2019)
34) National Aquarium in Baltimore (2018)
35) New York Aquarium (2013, 2016, 2019)
36) Newport Aquarium (2013)
37) Oklahoma Aquarium (2019)
38) Oklahoma City Zoo (2019)
39) Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (2019)
40) Orange County Zoo (2018)
41) Philadelphia Zoo (2014, 2017)
42) Ponce Inlet Marine Science Center (2014)
43) Prospect Park Zoo (2013, 2016, 2018)
44) Queens Zoo (2016)
45) Riverbanks Zoo & Garden (2019)
46) Roger Williams Park Zoo (2012, 2015, 2016, 2018)
47) Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park (2017)
48) San Antonio (2018)
49) San Diego Zoo (2018)
50) San Diego Zoo Safari Park (2018)
51) Santa Ana Zoo (2018)
52) Santa Barbara Zoo (2018)
53) Sedgwick County Zoo (2019, 2021)
54) SeaQuest Trumbull (2019)
55) SeaWorld Discovery Cove (2013)
56) SeaWorld Orlando (Pre-2011)
57) SeaWorld San Diego (2018)
58) Smithsonian National Zoological Park (Pre-2011, 2012, 2018)
59) Southwick's Zoo (2018)
60) Space Farms Zoo & Museums (2018)
61) St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park (2014)
62) Stamford Museum & Nature Center (2019)
63) Staten Island Zoo (2017)
64) Stone Zoo (2017)
65) Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo (2013)
66) Tennessee Aquarium (2019)
67) Topeka Zoo (2019)
68) Trailside Museums & Zoo (2019)
69) Trevor Zoo (2016, 2018, 2019)
70) Tulsa Zoo (2019)
71) Utica Zoo (2017)
72) Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (2018)
73) Zoo Atlanta (2019)
74) ZooAmerica: North American Wildlife Park (2012)
Spain
75) Madrid Zoo Aquarium (2018)
76) Faunia (2018)
Poland
77) Nowe Zoo Poznań (2018)
78) Stare Zoo Poznań (2018)
79) Wroclaw Zoological Garden (2018)
Czech Republic
80) Jihlava Zoo (2018)
81) Ostrava Zoo (2018)
82) Plzen Zoo (2018)
83) Prague Zoo (2018)
Germany
84) Berlin Zoological Garden (2018)
85) Duisburg Zoo (2018)
86) Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover (2018)
87) Krefeld Zoo (2018)
88) Leipzig Zoological Garden (2018)
89) Magdeburg Zoo (2018)
--Zoo #100
90) Tierpark Berlin (2018)
91) Tierpark Schönebeck (2018)
92) Weltvogelpark Walsrode (2018)
93) Wildpark Leipzig (2018)
England
94) Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park (2016)
95) Bristol Zoo (2016)
96) Cedars Nature Centre (2018)
97) Chester Zoo (2016, 2018)
98) Colchester Zoo (2016)
99) Cotswold Falconry Centre (2016)
100) Cotswold Wildlife Park (2016)
101) Crocodiles of the World (2016)
102) Exmoor Zoological Park (2016)
103) Gentleshaw Wildlife Centre (2016)
104) Hamerton Zoo (2016, 2018)
105) Hemsley Conservation Centre (2016)
106) Howletts Wild Animal Park (2016)
107) Linton Zoo (2016)
108) Living Coasts (2016)
109) Lotherton Wildlife World (2018)
110) Manchester Museum (2018)
111) Newquay Blue Reef Aquarium (2016)
112) Newquay Zoo (2016)
113) Noah's Ark Zoo Farm (2016)
114) Paignton Zoo (2016)
115) Paradise Park (2016)
116) Port Lympne Wild Animal Park (2016)
117) Reaseheath College Zoo (2016)
118) Rodbaston Animal Zone (2016)
119) Shaldon Wildlife Trust (2016)
120) Tropical World Leeds (2018)
121) Tropiquaria Zoo (2016)
122) Twycross Zoo (2016)
123) Wildwood Discovery Park (2016)
124) Wingham Wildlife Park (2016)
125) WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre (2016)
126) ZSL London Zoo (2016, 2018)
127) ZSL Whipsnade Zoo (2016)
Scotland
128) Edinburgh Zoo (2016)
129) Highland Wildlife Park (2016)
130) Scottish Owl Centre (2016)
New Additions:
131) Bailiwick Animal Park & Riding Stables (2021) -US 75
132) The Zoo in Forest Park & Education Center (2021) -US 76
133) Saint Louis Zoo (2021) -US 77
134) Lone Elk Park (2021) -US 78
135) World Bird Sanctuary (2021) -US 79
136) Tanganyika Wildlife Park (2021) -US 80
137) Hutchinson Zoo (2021) -US 81
So with that, I am on 137 zoological institutes total, of which 81 of them are within the United States, 37 of them are within the United Kingdom, 10 of which are within Germany, 4 of which are within the Czech Republic, 3 of which are within Poland, and 2 of which are within Spain.
New link to the map:
Zoos & Aquariums I've Visited
~Thylo
