My zoo list #2

My small but growing list

Visited so Far
Newquay Zoo
Dartmoor Zoological Park
Dudley Zoo
Paignton Zoo
Longleat Safari Park
Woburn Safari Park
Wingz Bird and Animal Gardens
Paradise Park
Gweek Seal Sanctuary
Screech Owl Sanctuary
Blue Reef Aquarium (newquay)
National Marine Aquarium

Planned For next Year
Return Visits to Newquay, Dartmoor and Wingz.
Shaldon Zoo
Exmoor Zoo
Porfell Animal Park
Tamar Otter and Wildlife Centre
Gentleshaw Wildlife Centre
 
my updated list, because I haven't posted one in a while:

NEW ZEALAND:
Southern Encounter Aquarium and Kiwi House (Christchurch)
Orana Park (Christchurch)
Willowbank Wildlife Reserve (Christchurch)
Peacock Springs/Isaacs Wildlife Trust (Christchurch) [privately-owned and not open to the public]
North Brighton Zoo and Aquarium (Christchurch) [now closed]
International Antarctic Centre (Christchurch; not a zoo, but it has little blue penguins and a polar fish tank)
Birdlands (Little River, near Christchurch) [now closed]
Spencerville Wildlife Reserve (near Christchurch) [now closed except for a few decrepit aviaries]
Kaikoura Aquarium [now closed]
Hokitika Aquarium
Picton Aquarium
Portobello Aquarium (Dunedin)
aviary complex at Dunedin Botanic Gardens
Otago Museum butterfly house (Dunedin)
aviaries at Timaru Botanic Gardens
aviaries at Caroline Bay (Timaru)
aviaries at Ashburton Botanic Gardens
Landon Creek Bird Sanctuary [now closed]
Southland Museum (Invercargill; not a zoo but they have tuatara)
aviary complex at Queenspark Gardens (Invercargill)
Queenstown Kiwi and Birdlife Park
Wellington Zoo
Staglands (near Wellington)
Nga Manu Nature Reserve (Waikanae)
National Wildlife Centre (Mt Bruce)
Auckland Zoo
Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World (Auckland)

AUSTRALIA:
Cairns Wildlife Dome
Bat Reach (Kuranda; wildlife rescue centre, not a zoo)
Alma Park Zoo (Brisbane)
Melbourne Zoo
Melbourne Aquarium
a little aquarium that used to be somewhere in Melbourne (back in 1993)
Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary
the macaque enclosure in Launceston, Tasmania (yes I know its only one enclosure but its still captive animals!)

FIJI:
Kula Eco-park

NEW CALEDONIA:
Parc Zoologique et Forestier (Noumea Zoo and Botanic Gardens)
Aquarium des Lagons (Noumea Aquarium)

ASIA:
Singapore Zoo
Jurong Bird Park (Singapore)
Underwater World (Singapore)
Butterfly Park and Insect World (Singapore)
Zoo Negara (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Aquaria KLCC (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Kuala Lumpur Bird Park (Malaysia)
Lok Kawi Zoo (Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo)
Jong's Crocodile Farm and Zoo (Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo)
Kuching aquarium (Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo)
Dusit Zoo (Bangkok, Thailand)
Siam Ocean World (Bangkok, Thailand)
Khao Kheow Open Zoo (Chonburi, Thailand)
Bang Saen Aquarium (Chonburi, Thailand)
Underwater World (Pattaya, Thailand)
Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand)
Angkor Zoo (Cambodia)
Bali Bird Park (Bali, Indonesia)
Rimba Reptile Park (Bali, Indonesia)
Ragunan Zoo and Schumutzer Primate Centre (Jakarta, Java, Indonesia)
Taman Mini Indonesia (Jakarta, Java, Indonesia)
Bukittinggi Zoo (Bukittinggi, Sumatra, Indonesia)
Medan Zoo (Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia)

EUROPE:
Frankfurt Zoo (Germany)
 
[*]Australia Zoo, Beerwah, QLD, Australia (used to work)

[*]Underwater World, Mooloolaba, QLD, Australia (Worked for the Vet who treats the animals)

[*]Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Currumbin, QLD, Australia

[*]Rockhampton Zoo, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia

[*]Bundaberg Zoo, Bundaberg, QLD, Australia (ex home zoo)

[*]Reef World Aquarium, Hervey Bay, QLD, Australia

[*]Sea World, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

[*]Dreamworld, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

[*]ReefHQ, Townsville, QLD, Australia

[*]Taronga Zoo, Mosman, NSW, Australia

[*]Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo, NSW, Australia

[*]Wagga Wagga Zoo, Wagga, NSW, Australia (ex home Zoo)

[*]Melbourne Zoo, Royal Park, VIC, Australia

[*]Werribee Open Range Zoo, Werribee, VIC, Australia

[*]Halls Gap Zoo, Halls Gap, VIC, Australia (current home zoo)

[*]Monarto Zoo, Monarto, SA, Australia

[*]Kula Eco Park, Coral Coast, Viti Levu, Fiji Islands

[*]San Deigo Zoo, San Diego, CA, USA THE BEST ZOO IN THE WORLD

[*]Busch Gardens, Tampa Bay, FL, USA (Zoo AND Theme Park).
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Defunct Ones


[*]Murray Cod Hatcheries, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia

[*]Forest Glen, Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
 
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This looks like fun.....
Let's see...not sure whether all of these can be classified as zoos...

UK
London Zoo
Whipsnade Zoo
Drusillas Park
Newquay Zoo
National Seal Sanctuary
Brighton Sealife Centre
Chessington Zoo
Port Lympne Zoo
Woburn Safari Park
Longleat Safari Park
National Marine Aquarium
Marwell Wildlife Park
Isle Of Wight Zoo
Cricket St Thomas
Eagle Heights
Paradise Park (Hayle)
Cornish Birds of Prey Centre

USA
Seaworld Orlando
Busch Gardens Tampa
Dolphins Plus
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Homasassa State Park
Gatorland

Spain (Tenerife)
Loro Parque
Jungle Park
Aqualand (dolphinarium)

Really want to visit:
Flamingoland, UK
Coombe Martin, UK
West Midlands Safari Park, UK
Knowsley, UK
Clearwater Marine Aquarium, USA
Gulfarium, USA
Vancouver Aquarium, Canada
Harderwijk Dolfinarium, The Netherlands
(See a trend emerging? ;) )
 
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I personally count anything as a zoo that displays live animals other than domestic/farm animals, and even then I'll count it if there are enough exotics thrown in. So, for me, that includes aquariums, aviaries, insectariums (including butterflies), reptile places, wildlife parks, marine parks, some museums and many nature centers.
 
Otter Lord said:
Wow, there are some huge lists here. I'm doing pretty good for a 18 year old. Every time I go on vacation, I have to go to a zoo.

United States:

Disney's Animal Kingdom/ Orlando, FL
Honolulu Zoo/ Honolulu, HI
Los Angeles Zoo/ Los Angeles, CA
Living Desert/ Palm Springs, CA
National Zoo/ Washington, D.C
Phoenix Zoo/ Phoenix, AZ
San Diego Zoo/San Diego, CA
San Diego Wild Animal Park/ Escondido, CA
Santa Ana Zoo/ Santa Ana, CA
Santa Barbara Zoo/ Santa Barabara, CA
Woodland Park Zoo/ Seattle, WA

Australia:
Australia Zoo/ Beerwah, QLD
Cairns Tropical Zoo/ Cairns, QLD
Toronga Zoo/ Mosman, NSW

Then there was some sanctuary near Brisbane that we went to, but I forgot what it was called... =/ Its nothing in the gallery from what I know.
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Some Additions

Rio Grande Zoo/ Albuquerque, NM
Oklahoma City Zoo/ Oklahoma City, OK
St. Louis Zoo/ St. Louis, MO
Columbus Zoo/ Columbus, OH

Also going to the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, NY tomorrow. 20th Zoo!! I will take pictures because they are lacking in our gallery.

EDIT: Oh shoot forgot that Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, WA when I made the first post. 21 zoos I guess.
 
Yikes, haven't done this in a while. So the updates here are all my new zoos from August to November. I've added a separate section for the small German bird parks of the Rhine valley to avoid swamping the Germany section. These are odd places - you can read more about them in the new Zoo Grapevine if you're a member of the IZES.


New additions
** denotes closed collections.

Austria
Alpenzoo Innsbruck
Safaripark Gänserndorf**
Haus der Natur (Salzburg NHM)
Haus des Meeres, Vienna
Salzburg Zoo
Tiergarten Schönbrunn, Vienna
Wüstenhaus (Desert House) Schönbrunn, Vienna


Belgium
Antwerp Zoo
Aquatopia
Planckendael

Czech Rep.
Akva-Tera, Plzen
Brno Zoo
Brno Aquarium
Crocodile Zoo, Protivín
Dvůr Králové Zoo
Hodonín Zoo
Jihlava Zoo
Zoo Ohrada
Olomouc Zoo
Ostrava Zoo
Plzen Zoo
Prague Zoo
Zoo Park Vyškov
Zoo Zlin


Denmark
Copenhagen Zoo
Givskud Zoo

France
Champrepus Zoo
Lyon Zoo
Menez-Meur Animal Park
Océanopolis
Mulhouse Zoo
Paris, Jardin des Plantes
Paris, Vincennes** (closed for now, anyway)

Germany
Augsburg Zoo
Berlin Tierpark
Berlin Zoo
Darmstadt Vivarium
Dortmund Zoo
Aquazoo Düsseldorf
Duisburg Zoo
Frankfurt Zoo
Gelsenkirchen (visited first as Ruhr-Zoo and then as ZOOM)
Tierpark Gettorf
Hagenbecks Tiergarten, Hamburg
Hannover Zoo
Heidelberg Zoo
Serengetipark Hodenhagen
Kaiserslautern Zoo
Karlsruhe Museum Aquarium and Vivarium
Karlsruhe Zoo
Köln Zoo
Krefeld Zoo
Opel-Zoo Kronberg
Landau Reptilium
Landau Zoo
Leipzig Zoo
Lübeck Tierpark
Lüneburger Heide Wildpark
Magdeburg Zoo
Luisenpark, Mannheim
Allwetterzoo Münster
Munich Zoo
Neumünster Tierpark
Neunkirchen Zoo
Nordhorn Zoo
Nuremberg Zoo
Tierpark Oberwald
Osnabrück Zoo
Pforzheim Wildpark
NiederRheinPark Plantaria**
Poing Wildpark
Rheine Zoo
Rostock Zoo
Saarbruecken Zoo
Schwarze Berge Wildpark
Schwerin Zoo
SeaLife Centre Berlin
SeaLife Centre Munich
SeaLife Centre Speyer
SeaLife Centre Timmendorfer Strand
Wilhelma Zoo, Stuttgart
Niendorf-Timmendorfer Strand Bird Park
Walsrode Bird Park
Wuppertal Zoo

Germany - Rhine Valley 'Association' Bird Parks
Neuthard Bird Park
Erlenwald Bird Park
Leopoldshafen Bird Park
Heglachaue Bird Park
Heppenheim Bird Park
Biebesheim Bird Park
Reilingen Bird and Animal Park
Oberhausen Bird Park
Schifferstadt Bird Park
Birkenheide Bird and Animal Park
Heddesheim Bird Park
Viernheim Bird Park

Hungary
Budapest Zoo
Győr Zoo

Rep. of Ireland
Dublin Zoo

Italy
Bioparco Roma

Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur Bird Park
Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park
Zoo Negara

Netherlands
Amersfoort Zoo
Apenheul
Burgers Zoo Arnhem
Artis
Avifauna
BestZoo
Rotterdam Zoo, Blijdorp
Emmen Zoo
Wissel Zoo, Epe
Harderwijk Dolphinarium
Overloon Zoo
Ouwehands Zoo, Rhenen
Papagaaienpark/NOP, Veldhoven

Poland
Katowice Zoo
Kraków Zoo
Łódź Zoo
Opole Zoo
Poznań New Zoo
Poznań Old Zoo
Warsaw Zoo
Wrocław Zoo

Portugal
ZooMarine

Slovakia
Bratislava Zoo

Spain
Barcelona Aquarium
Barcelona Zoo
Empordá Zoo
Jungle Park (Parque las Aguilas)
Monkey Park (Tenerife Zoo)
Loro Parque
Siam Park (mainly a water park but with sea lions, sharks, rays and (fully-labelled!) carp)
Sobrestany Animal Park

Sweden
Malmöhus Museum Aquarium and Terrarium

Switzerland
Basel Zoo
Tierpark Lange Erlen
Zürich Zoo

United Kingdom
Amazon World
Amazonia (Motherwell)
Anglesey Bird World
Anglesey SeaZoo
Arundel Wildfowl and Wetland Centre
Banham Zoo
Battersea Park Children's Zoo
Birdland
Birdworld
Birmingham Nature Centre
Blackbrook Zoo
Blackpool Tower Aquarium
Blackpool Zoo
Blair Drummond Safari Park
Blue Planet Aquarium
Blue Reef Aquarium (Bristol)
Blue Reef Aquarium (Newquay)
Bodafon Farm Park and Bird of Prey Centre
Bristol Zoo
British Wildlife Centre
Camperdown Wildlife Centre
Cardigan Island Farm Park
Cheshire Waterlife and Falconry Centre
Chessington Zoo (World of Adventures)
Chester Zoo
Chestnut Centre
Colchester Zoo
Welsh Mountain Zoo, Colwyn Bay
Cotswold Falconry Centre
Cotswold Wildlife Park
Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park
Amazona Zoo, Cromer
The Deep
Tropical Butterfly House, Dinnington
Drayton Manor Park
Dudley Zoo
Edinburgh Zoo
Exmoor Zoo
Fife Animal Park
Five Sisters Zoo Park
Flamingoland
Gauntlet Falconry Centre
Gentleshaw Wildlife Centre
Grangewood Zoo**
Hamerton Zoo Park
Harewood House Bird Garden
Heythrop Zoo
Highland Wildlife Park
Hillside**(now only open infrequently)
Hoo Farm
Howletts Wild Animal Park
Isle of Wight Butterfly Centre
Jersey Zoo
Knowsley Safari Park
Lakeland Wildlife Oasis
Lakemore Country Park Animal Kingdom**
Lakes Aquarium
Linton Zoo
Liverpool Museum Aquarium and Bug House
Living Coasts
Loch Lomond Falconry Centre
London Zoo
London Aquarium
Longleat Safari Park
Lotherton Hall Bird Garden
Mablethorpe Animal Gardens
Manchester Museum Vivarium
Manor House Wildlife Park
Marwell Zoo Park
Matlock Bath Aquarium
Natureland Skegness
National Bird of Prey Centre, Newent
Newquay Zoo
Noah's Ark Zoo Farm
St David's Oceanarium**
Paignton Zoo
Paradise Wildlife Park (Broxbourne)
Paradise Park (Hayle)
Paultons Park
Pili Palas
Port Lympne Zoo Park
Rays Farm
Rhyl SeaQuarium
Riber Castle Wildlife Park**
Sandown Zoo, Isle of Wight
Rare Species Conservation Centre, Sandwich
Seaview Wildlife Encounter (Flamingo Park)
Shaldon Zoo
SeaLife Centre Alton Towers
SeaLife Centre Birmingham
SeaLife Centre Blackpool
SeaLife Centre Brighton
SeaLife Centre Gt. Yarmouth
SeaLife Centre Loch Lomond
Shepreth Wildlife Park
Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre
National Seal Sanctuary, Gweek
South Lakes Wild Animal Park
Palms Tropical Oasis, Stapeley**
Stepaside Wildlife Park**
Stonham Barns Falconry Centre
Suffolk Wildlife Park ('Africa Alive')
Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens
Tilgate Nature Centre
Tropical Wings Zoo
Tropical World, Leeds
Twycross Zoo
Waddesdon Manor Aviary
West Midlands Safari Park
Wetlands Wildlife Park
Whipsnade Zoo
Wildwalk@Bristol**
Wildwood Trust
Windsor Safari Park**
Wingham Wildlife Park
Woburn Safari Park
Yorkshire Wildlife Park

United States
Grand Canyon Deer Park
Living Desert
Oakland Zoo
San Diego Wild Animal Park
San Diego Zoo
SeaWorld CA
 
London Zoo
Whipsnade Zoo
Chester Zoo
Newquay Zoo
National Seal Sanctuary
Great Yarmouth Sealife Centre
Chessington Zoo
Woburn Safari Park
Longleat Safari Park
Marwell Wildlife Park
Africa Alive
Banham Zoo

Australia Zoo
Underwater World
Dubai Zoo

San Diego Zoo
San Diego Wild Animal Park
Aquarium in the Bay
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Busch Gardens
Seaworld, San Diego
Seaworld, Orlando
Gatorland
 
siamang27 said:
Maguari,
Any more information on those bird parks? I've never heard of any of those before.
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I'm not surprised, we'd never heard of them until we started looking at Zootierliste's maps!

They're all pretty much someone's back garden (often a restaurant's garden) with a surprising range of birds. The quality varied immensely - Heppenheim had a wonderful collection, Biebesheim a pretty good collection but a ramshackle site and atrocious labelling, Viernheim was very good all-round.

There are about 60 of them in the Rhine Valley area; they seem to be a local 'thing'! They're run as part of Verband Gemeinnuetziger Vogel- und Tierparks (thanks to robmv for writing an article I could check that in!), which is the Association of Non-profit Bird and Animal Parks (a few have native and/or domestic mammals, occasionally wallabies and suchlike as well). Most are free to enter but have a donation box. They're thick on the ground and so small that doing 4 or 5 in a day is quite possible. At least one fellow enthusiast did 11 zoos in a day in this region - we managed 8 - 6 of the bird parks plus Luisenpark and the SeaLife at Speyer - without feeling anything was rushed. Most of the bird parks only take 20-30 minutes at most.

I'll try to put some pictures in the Germany - Other gallery later of some of the places; Heppenheim has a gallery here: Heppenheim Bird Park Gallery


Heppenheim's fairly typical in terms of construction and layout but well above-average in terms of species diversity.
 
Pertinax said:
That is some list Maguari...:D
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Thanks.:D

It's been a very busy year - the Germany trip was mad - all the German zoos in green above plus my second visits to Stuttgart and Cologne and we did Colchester on the way and Hamerton on the way back for 30 zoos in less than 2 weeks! (albeit about half of them very small collections!)
 
Maguari said:
Thanks.:D

It's been a very busy year - the Germany trip was mad - all the German zoos in green above plus my second visits to Stuttgart and Cologne and we did Colchester on the way and Hamerton on the way back for 30 zoos in less than 2 weeks! (albeit about half of them very small collections!)
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Haha wow thats funny I did exactly 30 zoos in europe this summer, mostly in Germany and surrounding countries in 3 weeks, but the first week I was with my girlfriend and only did 2 zoos in that time. Time for me also to post my zoo list:
 
As part of my introduction to Zoochat..I think sharing my personal zoo list is in order: Also I included the few national park or whale watch tours I've done


New additions since 2008, all photos taken digitally
** denotes closed collections.

Australia
1.) Australia Zoo (Steve Irwin’s Park)
2.) Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
3.) David Fleay Wildlife Park
4.) Healesville Sanctuary
5.) Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
6.) Melbourne Zoo
7.) Melbourne Night Zoo
8.) Sea World (Gold Coast)
9.) Sydney Wildlife World
10.) Sydney Zoo

Canada
1.) Junglecat World Wildlife Park
2.) Toronto Zoo

Czech Republic
1.) Jihlava Zoo
2.) Liberec Zoo
3.) Plzen Zoo
4.) Prague Zoo
5.) Plzen Zoo

France
1.) Mulhouse Zoo
2.) Parc des Félins
3.) Paris, Jardin des Plantes

Germany
1.) Berlin Tierpark
2.) Berlin Zoo
3.) Dortmund Zoo
4.) Duisburg Zoo
5.) Erfurt Zoo
6.) Frankfurt Zoo
7.) Heidelberg Zoo
8.) Köln Zoo
9.) Krefeld Zoo
10.) Leipzig Zoo
11.) Leipzig (Wildpark Connewitz)
12.) Opel-Zoo Kronberg
13.) Magdeburg Zoo
14.) Munich Zoo

India
1.) Bandhavgarh National Park
2.) New Delhi Zoo

Mexico
1.) Xcaret Cancun

Netherlands
1.) Burgers Zoo Arnhem
2.) Harderwijk Dolphinarium
3.) Overloon Zoo
4.) Wissel Zoo, Epe

New Zealand
1.) Auckland Zoo
2.) Dolphin Encounters Tour
3.) Whale Watch Kaikoura

Poland
1.) Poznań New Zoo
2.) Wrocław Zoo

Spain
1.) Faunia Madrid
2.) Madrid Zoo

Switzerland
1.) Zurich Zoo

United Kingdom
1.) British Wildlife Centre
2.) Howletts Wild Animal Park
3.) London Zoo
4.) Paradise Wildlife Park (Broxbourne)
5.) Rare Species Conservation Centre, Sandwich

United States
1.) Baltimore Aquarium
2.) Baltimore Zoo
3.) Baton Rouge Zoo
4.) Big Cat Rescue, Tampa
5.) Boothbay Harbor Whale Watch, Maine
6.) Bronx Zoo
7.) Brookfield Zoo
8.) Busch Gardens Tampa
9.) Capital of Texas Zoo
10.) Catskill Game Farm**
11.) Central Park Zoo
12.) Cincinnati Zoo
13.) Cleveland Zoo
14.) Columbus Zoo
15.) Dallas World Aquarium
16.) Dallas Zoo
17.) Disney’s Animal Kingdom
18.) Ft. Worth Zoo
19.) Georgia Aquarium
20.) Gladys Porter Zoo
21.) Houston Zoo
22.) Hyannis Whale Watch Cruises, Cape Cod
23.) Lion Country Safari
24.) Los Angeles Zoo
25.) Louisville Zoo
26.) Lowry Park Zoo
27.) Marine World/Africa U.S.A.**
28.) Maui Dolphin Discovery, Hawaii
29.) Memphis Zoo
30.) Miami Metro Zoo
31.) Miami Seaquarium
32.) Milwaukee Zoo
33.) Minnesota Zoo
34.) Monkey Jungle
35.) Monterey Bay Aquarium
36.) Mote Aquarium
37.) Mystic Aquarium
38.) New England Aquarium
39.) New York Aquarium
40.) Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
41.) Parrot Jungle**
42.) Philadelphia Zoo
43.) Prospect Park Zoo
44.) Queens Zoo
45.) San Antonio Zoo
46.) San Diego Wild Animal Park
47.) San Diego Zoo
48.) San Francisco Zoo
49.) Santa Barbara Zoo
50.) Sea World Orlando
51.) Sea World San Antonio
52.) Sea World San Diego
53.) Shedd Aquarium
54.) Smithsonian’s National Zoo
55.) St. Louis Zoo
56.) Syracuse Zoo
57.) Toledo Zoo
58.) West Palm Beach Zoo
59.) York’s Wild Kingdom, Maine
 
That's an impressive list Giant Eland, both in terms of numbers of places visited and the wide range of travel.

If you ever get the time I'd be interested to hear your opinions comparing and contrasting collections from different parts of the world.
 
Hmm...
National Zoo
Baltimore Zoo
ZooAmerica
Disneys Animal Kingdom
Reptiland
Baltimore Aquarium
Lake Tobias Wildlife Park
And probably a few I am over looking.I have been to most 2-4 times
 
I have a very small list of mostly high quality collections

National Zoo
National Aquarium in Baltimore
Philadelphia Zoo
Kansas City Zoo
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Sedgwick County Zoo
St. Louis Zoo
Minnesota Zoo
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Topeka Zoo
Chattanooga Zoo
Adventure Aquarium
New England Aquarium
Tennessee Aquarium

Hoping to add to this list in the future.
 
I say this not to be condescending, or pompous, but out of genuine inquiry...


These last two posters in particular, but others too before them - why haven't you been to more zoos? I'm guessing that "lizardinsanity" is based somewhere in the north-east of the USA, so why no trips to the New York zoos for example? For my entire childhood I was planning such a trip, and made it as soon as I was able. I don't understand how someone who was interested enough in zoos to post, knowledgeably, on a site such as this, wouldn't make the effort required to visit one of the world's great zoos if that zoo was on his / her doorstep. Likewise, KCZoofan, clearly you are passionate about zoos, and clearly you know your stuff, so why haven't you been to some of the other zoos in your area? Funnily enough, 20 years ago I made several visits to your home town of Olathe (not a place which features regularly on the tourist trail), and to this day I am still cross with myself for not having gone to the nearby zoo in Manhattan (Sunset Zoo) - it's a serious enough place to have cheetahs, sloth bears, giant anteaters and, most exciting of all perhaps, Chacoan peccaries. I reckon the journey from Olathe would take about two hours. And while I appreciate that the distances across a state such as Kansas are vast, how about the zoos in Garden City and Great Bend? And if neither of those zoos is perhaps worth a six hour drive - although Garden City looks rather interesting - I reckon it'd only be about 4 or 5 hours drive to Tulsa or Oklahoma, each of which has a serious zoo.

I really don't ask this question to be smug, or to suggest that someone who has been to more zoos is in any way 'better' than someone who has been to fewer, but just out of genuine curiosity.
 
Well, I would love to travel and see all of those zoos. I am really trying to get to go to Manhattan. The problem is, I'm 14, and I cannot drive yet. My parents do not like zoos very much, so I cannot be too pushy. I try to work at least one zoo into every vacation, but that is only 1-2 a year. My gandmother will sometimes take me to zoos such as Saint Louis, but that is only once a year. I hope that answers your question.
 
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