I have now visited more zoos outside Europe, than in Europe itself

Nikola Chavkoski

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Although I regularly lived in Europe till September 2022, and I lived in Germany for 3 years, shame on me, I only visit Berlin Zoo and Tierpark Hellabrun there, and I haven't visited enough European zoos in general either. But I plan to visit zoos in Germany, when I will go there as a tourist.

However I figured out that despite I was living in Europe, I have been more to non-European zoos/sanctuaries with captive/semi wild animals, than in the European ones. Still, I have visited only a dozen of zoos.

I obserbed some local interesting species in zoos in Asia mostly, and I can't even name all of them properly.

My list, European zoos:

-Skopje Zoo and Bitola Zoo (N. Macedonia)
-Belgrade Zoo (Serbia)
-Attika Zoological Park (Greece)
-Tierpark Hellabrunn and Berlin Zoo (Germany)
-Tierpark Schonbrunn (Vienna, Austria)
-Barcelona Zoo, Valencia Bioparc, Benidorm Zoo and Loro Park Zoo (Tenerife) (Spain)


Non-European zoos:

-Mikumi Snake park in Mikumi Tanzania (mambas, cobras, puff adder, etc.): Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski
Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski

-Pinnawala Zoo, Sri Lanka (where I have seen local Sri Lankan leopards (there are vast enclosures, and this zoo is enormous but rather empty, still very pleasant, and Sri Lankan sloth bears): Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski
Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski
Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski

-Pinnawala elephant sanctuary, Sri Lanka (Sri Lankan elephants), few hundred metres from the like named zoo: Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski
Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski

-Colombo Zoo, Sri Lanka: Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski
Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski
Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski (Bengal tiger at Colombo)

-Wildlife Friends Foundation, Petchaburi (I really liked the scenery: Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski ), Thailand: Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski

-An elephant sanctuary in Khao Sok, Thailand: Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski

- Bangkok Safari: Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski

-Chiang Mai Zoo night safari: Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski
Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski

-Tiger Kingdom Chiang Mai (I wanted to see the tigers): Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski
Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski

-Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary in Lanchang, West Malaysia (with the Malay variety of Indian subspecies of the Asian elephant): Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski
Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski

-Zoo Melaka, Malaysia: Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski
Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski

-Zoo Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (I seen at least 5 Malayan tapirs upclose): Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski
Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski

-Sepilok Orangutan Rehab. Centre in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo: Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski
Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski

-Lok Kawi Zoo, in Sabah, Borneo (Herd of Bornean elephants, Proboscis monkeys, Bornean Clouded leopards): Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski
Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski
Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski

-Taman Tumbina Zoo (free entry), in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo (A lot of local hornbill birds. Some colourfull vipers in a cage): Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski
Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski
Nikola Chavkoski added a new photo. - Nikola Chavkoski
 
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