I'm curious. Does anybody know of cities with multiple zoos?

Many cities around the world have more than one zoo. Some of the more famous examples , where a city has multiple world-class zoos is Berlin having 2 and Chicago having 3 (and both of these cities have several other zoos too that aren't quite up to size of quality of those otherwise listed).

Perhaps the city with the greatest number of zoos in Tokyo, does anyone have a good count for exactly how many zoological facilities are in that city?
 
Here is a list of all the cities with multiple major zoos in the US that I can think of:
- Tampa (Lowry Park Zoo, Busch Gardens Tampa and Florida Aquarium)
- San Diego (San Diego Zoo, San Diego Zoo Safari Park, and SeaWorld San Diego)
- Chicago (Lincoln Park Zoo, Shedd Aquarium, and Brookfield Zoo)
- Phoenix (Phoenix Zoo and Wildlife World Zoo)
- Tucson (Reid Park Zoo and Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum)
- Orlando (SeaWorld Orlando and Disney's Animal Kingdom)
- New York City (Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, and New York Aquarium)
- San Antonio (San Antonio Zoo and SeaWorld San Antonio)
- San Francisco (San Francisco Zoo and California Academy of Sciences)
- Dallas (Dallas Zoo and Dallas World Aquarium)
- Atlanta (Zoo Atlanta and Georgia Aquarium)
- Boston (Franklin Park Zoo and New England Aquarium)
- Chattanooga (Chattanooga Zoo and Tennessee Aquarium)
- Baltimore (Maryland Zoo and National Aquarium)
- Seattle (Woodland Park Zoo and Seattle Aquarium)
 
Both São Paulo and Rio have a aquarium and a zoo ( plus instituto Butantan on SP, which is considered a zoo).
 
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Nile Hippo Expert said:
Here is a list of all the cities with multiple major zoos in the US that I can think of:
- Tampa (Lowry Park Zoo, Busch Gardens Tampa and Florida Aquarium)
- San Diego (San Diego Zoo, San Diego Zoo Safari Park, and SeaWorld San Diego)
- Chicago (Lincoln Park Zoo, Shedd Aquarium, and Brookfield Zoo)
- Phoenix (Phoenix Zoo and Wildlife World Zoo)
- Tucson (Reid Park Zoo and Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum)
- Orlando (SeaWorld Orlando and Disney's Animal Kingdom)
- New York City (Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, and New York Aquarium)
- San Antonio (San Antonio Zoo and SeaWorld San Antonio)
- San Francisco (San Francisco Zoo and California Academy of Sciences)
- Dallas (Dallas Zoo and Dallas World Aquarium)
- Atlanta (Zoo Atlanta and Georgia Aquarium)
- Boston (Franklin Park Zoo and New England Aquarium)
- Chattanooga (Chattanooga Zoo and Tennessee Aquarium)
- Baltimore (Maryland Zoo and National Aquarium)
- Seattle (Woodland Park Zoo and Seattle Aquarium)
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New York Citywise, you forgot Prospect Park Zoo and Queens Zoo. Boston, there's also Stone Zoo technically - though it's a bit of a drive.

North Carolina, you also got North Carolina Zoo and Greensboro Science Center.
 
StoppableSan said:
New York Citywise, you forgot Prospect Park Zoo and Queens Zoo. Boston, there's also Stone Zoo technically - though it's a bit of a drive.
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This depends on if we're talking cities or metropolitan areas. Stone Zoo is in Stoneham, MA, not in Boston, so while close to the city it isn't really "in" Boston. Or maybe this is just the Massachusetts-native in me, and our notorious pedantry over what is or isn't "Boston" :p

DolphinLover97 said:
I know that Miami has 4, New York has 5, & many more have at least one zoo & one aquarium. I was curious just how many are out there.
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For any country other than the US (that one is broken), you can find a map showing most of the zoos in the country here: Zoo Satellite Maps - ZooChat. This can give you a pretty good idea of where there are multiple facilities (although some might be specialist collections, science museums with only a few species, etc.).
On quick glance, I can see multiple facilities in:
Toronto, Canada
Vancouver, Canada
Winnipeg, Canada
Niagara Falls, Canada
Montreal, Canada
Guadalajara, Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico
Merida, Mexico

I'm sure within Europe and parts of Asia there are likely lots more too, I was just giving a quick look at Canada and Mexico.

I notice it hasn't been mentioned on here (surprisingly): but I know Singapore is well-known for its large number of zoos.
 
What counts as a zoo and as a city can be up for debate, so these may be stretching it.
Sydney, Australia (Taronga, WildLife, Sydney Zoo)
Gainsville, Florida (SFCC Teaching Zoo and the Lubee Bat Conservatory)
The Twin Cities kind of function as a single metropolitan area (It's like a five-minute drive between the two) and they each have a zoo (Minnesota Zoo, Como Park Zoo)
Durham, North Carolina (Museum of Life and Science and Duke Lemur Center)
Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania (Pittsburgh Zoo and National Aviary)
Salt Lake City, Utah (Hogle Zoo, Tracy Aviary)
Tacoma, Washington (Point Defiance Zoo and Northwest Trek)
Baraboo, Wisconsin (Internation Crane Foundation, Oschner Park Zoo)
Green Bay, Wisconsin (Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary, NEW Zoo)

A lot of "tourist trap" towns tend to have plenty of zoological attractions
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (Alligator Adventure, Myrtle Beach Safari, Wacatee Zoo, Brookgreen Gardens)
Branson, Missouri (Branson's Wild World and Living Treasures Animal Park)
Natural Bridge, Virginia (the infamous Natural Bridge Zoo and Virginia Safari Park)
Rapid City, South Dakota (Bear Country USA, Reptile Gardens)
Wisconsin Dells (Timbavati Wildlife Park, Alligator Alley, Wisconsin Deer Park)
 
St. Louis has
St. Louis Zoo, World Bird Sanctuary, Grant's Farm, Butterfly House, Lone Elk Park, St Louis Aquarium at Union Station, Endangered Wolf Center
and in 2027 Wild Care Institute
 
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Unless you start putting restrictions on what constitutes a zoo, eg size, type of collection etc., it is hard to find a significant population centre with only one zoo.
 
birdsandbats said:
Perhaps the city with the greatest number of zoos in Tokyo, does anyone have a good count for exactly how many zoological facilities are in that city?
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There's 100% a discussion about this on zoochat, but just on top of my head (only counting places inside what is tokyo prefecture):
Ueno Zoo, Tama Zoo, Inokashira park zoo, edogawa park zoo, tokyo sealife park, sunshine aquarium, sumida aquarium, maxwell aquapark, shinagawa aquarium.
 
Salzburg (Austria) = 3
Prague (CZ) = 2 (4 if you count the suburbs)
Munich (Germany) = 2
Depending on what you count as zoos / belonging to the city, Berlin has six, Vienna three to four
...and don't get me started on Tokyo (five zoos, 10? aquaria) or Singapore (five zoos/aquaria).
 
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Having multiple animal attractions is pretty common, especially when aquariums are added to the list. Actual multiple zoos are less common. I am referencing metro areas since it seems the OP is as well.

Tampa Metro:
ZooTampa
Busch Gardens Tampa
Florida Aquarium
Clearwater Marine Aquarium
Tarpon Springs Aquarium

Phoenix metro:
Phoenix Zoo
Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium, and Safari Park
OdySea Aquarium
SeaLife Arizona
Also a few reptile zoos, but I am not going to count them here.

Orlando:
Disney Animal Kingdom
SeaWorld Orlando
SeaLife Orlando
Central Florida Zoo


Both Tampa and Orlando have other places that are safari style zoos that are within an hour drive, but not part of the metro areas.

Austin Texas:
Capital of Texas Zoo
Austin Zoo
Austin Aquarium
All three of those are sub-par facilities hardly worth mentioning, however.
Austin Nature and Science Center

San Antonio Texas:
San Antonio Zoo
SeaLife San Antonio
San Antonio Aquarium
Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch
Seaworld San Antonio

San Francisco Metro:
San Francisco Zoo
Aquarium of the Bay
CuriOdyssey
Oakland Zoo
Happy Hallow Zoo
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
 
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Tokyo has a couple major ones including Ueno zoo, Tama zoo, Inokashira zoo, along with a couple aquariums such as Tokyo sea life park, Maxwell aqua park Shinagawa, Shinagawa Aquarium, Sunshine aquarium, and Tokyo Skytree aquarium. Many other private collections on display.
 
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