Starting Your Own Zoo

I'm starting my dream zoo/wildlife park over: (1.1 means one male, one female, 2.2 means 2 males, 2 females & so on)

Australian Adventure:
Mixed-species habitat of 1.14 Red Kangaroo, 1.1 Emu & 1.1 Black Swan
1 Cassowary
Free-Flight Aviary w/ 1.1 Wonga Pigeon, 3.3 Cattle Egret, 1.1 Plumed Whistling Duck, 1.1 Chestnut Teal, 3.0 Crested Pigeon, 2.2 Rainbow Lorikeet & 2.2 Red Lory
Free-Flight Aviary for Budgies
Grey-Headed Flying Fox habitat
1.1 Laughing Kookaburra
1.1 Tawny Frogmouth
1.1 Sulfur-Crested Cockatoo (maybe?)

African Savanna:
Large colony of Lesser Flamingo
1.4 African Elephant (On-exhibit indoor/outdoor w/ waterfall outside, education on ivory poaching, 7-acre outdoor area)
1.1 Black Rhino (On-exhibit indoor/outdoor, education on poaching)
1.0 River Hippo w/ 1.1 Goliath Heron & 1.1 Egyptian Geese (On-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
Large, mixed-species habitat of 1.3 Reticulated Giraffe, 0.3 Ostrich, 1.2 Grant's Zebra, 1.3 Common Wildebeest, 0.2 Common Eland, 1.2 Greater Kudu, 4.0 Impala, 4.0 Grant's Gazelle, 4.0 Thomson's Gazelle, 3.3 African White-Backed Vulture, 1.3 White Rhino, 1.1 Ruppell's Griffon Vulture, 1.1 Lappet-Faced Vulture, 3.0 Marabou Stork, 2.2 White Stork, 1.1 Blue/Stanley Crane, 3.3 Spur-Winged Geese, 0.3 Warthogs (all sisters), same-sex flock of Helmeted Guineafowl & 1.3 Waterbuck (On-exhibit indoor for Giraffes, Warthogs, & Rhinos. Many animals will have access to Giraffe indoor area. Zebras & Wildebeest will be off-exhibit indoors) w/ outdoor side areas for 1.6 Addax, 1.3 Speke's Gazelle w/ 1.1 East African Crowned Crane, 1.3 Grevy's Zebra & 1.3 Dama Gazelle
Mixed-species area w/ 1.0 African Spurred Tortoise, 1.0 Kori Bustard & 1.1 Kirk's Dik-Dik (On-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
1.1 Southern Ground Hornbill (On-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
Mixed-species area w/ 3.3 Sacred Ibis, 3.3 Waldrapp Ibis, 1.1 Hadada Ibis, 3.3 Abdim's Stork & 1.0 African Spurred Tortoise
1.2 African Lion (on-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
1 African Leopard (on-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
Brother Cheetahs separate from 0.1 for most of year
African Wild Dog pack
2.0 Spotted Hyenas (brothers)
Meerkat mob
Dwarf Mongoose mob w/ 1.1 Red-Billed Hornbill
1.1 African Crested Porcupine
0.3 Bat-Eared Fox (sisters)
1.6 Olive Baboon
1.6 Hamadrayas Baboon
Naked Mole Rat colony
1.0 African Rock Python
Free-Flight Aviary w/ 2.0 Lady Ross Turaco, 1.1 Blue-Bellied Roller, 1.1 Black Crake, 1.1 Green Wood-Hoopoe, 30 Taveta Weaver, 1.1 White-Headed Buffalo Weaver, 3.0 Violet-Backed Starling, 1.1 Speckled Pigeon, All-male flock of Black-Masked Lovebird & 1.1 Kenya Crested Guineafowl
1.1 Klipspringer w/ 1.3 Rock Hyrax
1.3 Nile Crocodile
1.1 African Pygmy Falcon

Asian Trail:
1.4 Asian Elephant separate from 1.0 (On-exhibit indoor/outdoor, ivory poaching education)
1.1 Indian Rhino (On-exhibit indoor/outdoor, horn poaching education)
1.1 Malayan Tapir (On-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
2.0 Bengal Tiger (brothers) (On-exhibit indoor/outdoor, education on poaching)
1.1 Sumatran Tiger (On-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
0.1 Indochinese Tiger (On-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
1.3 Gaur
0.1 Lowland Anoa
1.1 Babirusa
Mixed-species area of 1.0 Indian Muntjac w/ 1.1 Sarus Crane
Mixed-species area of 1.0 Reeve's Muntjac w/ 1.1 Demoiselle Crane, 1.1 Red-Breasted Geese, 1.1 Bar-Headed Geese & same-sex flock of Indian Runner Duck
Free-Flight w/ 1.1 Bali Mynah, 1.1 Fairy Bluebird, 1.1 Crested Wood Partridge, 1.1 Pheasant Pigeon, 1.1 Nicobar Pigeon, 1.1 Chestnut-Breasted Malcoha, 1.1 Azure-Winged Magpie & 1.1 Victoria Crowned Pigeon
1.1 Great Indian Hornbill
1.1 Rhinoceros Hornbill
2.0 Asian Black Bear (brothers)
1.0 Sloth Bear
1.1 Sun Bear
1.1 Binturong
1.2 Bornean Orangutan w/ 1.1 Siamang (On-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
1.1 White-Cheeked Gibbon w/ 1.1 Asian Small-Clawed Otter (On-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
0.1 Clouded Leopard (On-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
1.1 Fishing Cat
Indian Flying Fix colony
1.2 Tomistoma/False Gharial
1.0 Komodo Dragon
1.0 Malayan Water Monitor
1.1 Red Panda
1 Burmese Python
1.3 Lion-Tailed Macaque (On-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
Mixed-species area w/ 2.10 Axis Deer, 1.6 Blackbuck & 1.3 Nilgai
1.1 Tufted Deer

Nocturnal Predators:
1.0 Aardvark
1.1 Fishing Cat
0.1 Caracal
0.1 Pallas Cat
0.1 Ocelot
1.1 Fossa (separate except for breeding)
1.1 Black-Footed Cat (separate except for breeding)
1.1 Tayra (separate except for breeding)
1.1 Lesser Bushbaby
1.1 Potto (separate except for breeding. Rotated on & off-exhibit)
Vampire Bat colony
0.1 Pygmy Slow Loris (off-exhibit)
1.1 Sand Cat (separate except for breeding)
1.1 Aye-Aye (separate except for breeding. Rotated on & off-exhibit)
1.1 Aardwolf
1.1 Fennec Fox
0.1 Small Indian Civet
1 Kinkajou

Northwest Passage:
1.1 Polar Bear (separate except for breeding)
Grizzly Bear sibling pair
Brother pair of Sea Otter
1.3 California Sea Lion w/ 2 Harbor Seal
1.1 Bald Eagle
1.1 Snowy Owl
1.1 Arctic Fox
0.6 Caribou/Reindeer
2.8 Beluga Whale (maybe?)

African Forest:
1.3 Western Lowland Gorilla (on-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
3.10 Chimps (on-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
1.1 De Brazza's Monkey (on-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
1.3 Diana Monkey (on-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
1.3 Mandrill (On-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
1.3 Eastern Black-and-White Colobus (on-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
1 Okapi
0.3 Forest/Congo Buffalo
0.3 Red River Hog (all sisters)
1.1 Pygmy Hippo (separate except for breeding)
1.1 Shoebill Stork
1.1 Yellow-Backed Duiker w/ 1.1 Saddle-Billed Stork
1.1 Red-Flanked Duiker w/ 1.1 Yellow-Billed Stork
1.3 Bongo w/ 1.1 West African Crowned Crane
1.0 Dwarf Croc
Ruwenzori Long-Haired Fruit Bat colony
1.1 African Gray Parrot
1.1 Trumpeter Hornbill

Predator Canyon:
Brother pair of American Black Bear
1.1 Amur/Siberian Tiger (on-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
1.1 Snow Leopard (separate except for breeding. on-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
0.2 Puma/Cougar/Mountain Lion (sisters) (on-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
1.1 Canada Lynx (siblings)
1.1 Bobcat (siblings)
0.1 Serval
1.1 Red Wolf
1.1 Mexican Gray Wolf
Timber Wolf sibling trio
0.1 Serval
Coyote sibling pair
1.1 Red Fox
1 American Badger

Tropical Americas:
1.1 Baird's Tapir w/ 1.1 Capybara
1.1 Ocelot (separate except for breeding)
1.1 Jaguar (separate except for breeding. On-exhibit indoor/outdoor)
1.1 Agouti
1.1 Golden Lion Tamarin w/ 0.1 Hoffman's Two-Toed Sloth
1.1 Cotton-Top Tamarin w/ 1.1 Geoffroy's Marmoset, 1.1 Pygmy Marmoset & 1.1 Common Marmoset
1.1 Callimico/Goeldi's Monkey
0.1 Giant Anteater
1.1 White-Faced Saki Monkey
1.1 Harpy Eagle
1.1 King Vulture
1.1 Giant Otter
2.5 Spider Monkey
1.9 Squirrel Monkey w/ 1.1 Agouti
1.3 Black Howler Monkey
1.3 Brown Capuchin
1.2 Black Caiman
0.1 Green Anaconda
1.1 Toco Toucan w/ 1.1 Green Aracari & 9.5 Scarlet Ibis
1 Tamandua

Children's Zoo:
1.1 Miniature Donkey (male will be gelded) w/ 2.4 Miniature Horse (one male will be gelded, one will be intact)
0.2 Domestic Pigs (sisters)
Contact yard w/ 7.0 Nubian Goat, 6.0 African Pygmy Goat, 0.2 Vietnamese Pot-Bellied Pigs (sisters) & 4.0 Domestic Sheep (males will be fixed). Contact yard animals will have access into big paddock of 0.3 Zebu & 1.2 Llama (male will be fixed)
15 Domestic Chickens
0.3 Domestic Turkey
1.1 Chinchilla (spayed & neutered)
2.4 Domestic Rabbit (spayed & neutered)
1.0 Green Iguana
3.0 Dromedary Camel (all castrated)
1.0 Ball Python
Cane Toad group
Egyptian Tortoise group
2.7 Red-Footed Tortoise
1 Canadian Porcupine
0.1 Great Horned Owl
1 Eastern Box Turtle
1 Green Tree Python
Blue Poison Frog group
Dyeing Poison Arrow Frog group
Yellow-and-Black Poison Frog group
Green-and-Black Poison Frog group
Phantasmal Poison Arrow Frog
Juvenile American Alligators
1.0 Eastern Blue-Tongued Skink
1.0 Fijian Banded Iguana
1.0 Inland Bearded Dragon
1 Scarlet Macaw w/ 1 Blue-and-Gold Macaw, 1 Green-Winged Macaw & 1 Yellow-Headed Amazon
0.3 Domestic Guinea Pig
3.6 Domestic Duck
1.1 North American River Otter
1.0 Coati separate from 0.2
2.6 Ring-Tailed Lemur
1.2 Indian Star Tortoise
1.1 Indian Crested Porcupine

An exhibit somewhere in the zoo for 1.3 Przewalski's Horses

Any opinions so far? I'm still thinking about the reptile/amphibian complex & the waters area
 
Well, I now have the Reptile/Amphibian area in mind

Here's the species list:
1.2 San Esteban Island Chuckwalla
1.2 American Alligator
1.1 Chinese Alligator (separate except for breeding)
0.1 Gaboon Viper
1.1 Armenian Viper
0.1 West African Green Mamba
1.1 Dumeril's Ground Boa separate from 1.0
1.0 Madagascan Ground Boa
1.0 West African Mud Turtle
1 Colombian Rainbow Boa
1.2 Henkel's Leaf-Tailed Gecko w/ 1.1 Standing's Day Gecko & 1.1 Malagasy Spider Tortoise
2.1 Ball Python
1.0 Red-Tailed Boa Constrictor
1.1 Woma Python
1.3 Mexican Beaded Lizard
1.0 Phillipine Sailfin Lizard
1.2 Mountain Horned Dragon
3.1 Indian Star Tortoise
4 Australian Snake-Necked Turtle
15 Radiated Tortoise
1.1 Black Tree Monitor
2.2 Aldabra Tortoise
1 Bullsnake
1.2 Green Tree Monitor
1.2 Desert Tortoise
1.1 Japanese Giant Salamander (separate)
2 Red-Eyed Tree Frog
Malaysian Painted Turtle
1.0 Rhinoceros Iguana
1 Blunt-Headed Tree Snake (off-exhibit)
1.2 Dwarf Chameleon
1.4 Angonoka/Ploughshare Tortoise (maybe a few males if possible)
1.2 Asian Brown Tortoise
1 Tiger Salamander
1.0 Corn Snake
1.2 Couch's Spadefoot Toad
1.3 Gopher Tortoise
1.0 Elongated Tortoise
2.1 Desert Rosy Boa (all separate. one male off exhibit)

Thought about adding 0.1 Desert Tarantula, 1 Emperor Scorpion, 0.1 Goliath Bird-Eating Spider, a colony of Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches, 0.1 Chilean Rosehair Tarantula, 1 Desert Hairy Scorpion, 1 Desert Centipede, a group of African Giant Millipedes, and a group of Vietnamese Walking Sticks to Children's Zoo

I also thought about a small South American Pampas Area w/ 1 Giant Anteater, 1.1 Maned Wolves, 2.0 Bush Dogs (brothers) & 1.3 Greater Rheas (all in single-species habitats)
 
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Here are the ideas for the Waters complex

a habitat for 4.12 Bottlenose Dolphin
Several seabird habitats: 1 for Magellanic Penguins, 1 for Humboldt Penguins & Inca Terns, 1 for African Black-Footed Penguins, 1 for Rockhopper Penguins, and 1 for Atlantic Puffins
A large tank for Cownose Ray school, Southern Stingray school, Bonnethead Shark school, Nurse Shark school, Bat Ray school, 10 Bowmouth Guitarfish/Shark Ray, 10 Shovelnose Guitarfish, Roughtail Stingray school, Blacktip Reef Shark school, 1 Galapagos Shark, 3 Hammerhead Sharks, Sand Tiger Shark school, Blue-Spotted Stingray school, 1 Sandbar Shark, Pelagic Ray school, Whitetip Reef Shark school, 1.1 Great Barracuda, Zebra Shark school, 1 Green Sea Turtle, 1 Hawksbill Sea Turtle, 1 Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Spotted Eagle Ray school, 1.1 Clown triggerfish, 1.0 Parrotfish, Powder Blue Tang school, 1.1 Foxface Rabbitfish, 1.1 Copperband Butterflyfish, Yellow Tang school, 1.1 Blue-Ring Angelfish, 1.1 Raccoon Butterflyfish, 1.3 Humphead Wrasse, 3-6 Green Moray Eel, 3-6 Spotted Moray Eel, Squirrelfish school, Surgeonfish school, 1.5 Scrawled Filefish, Lookdown school, Red Snapper school, 3-6 Dragon Moray Eel, 1.1 Queen Triggerfish, 1.1 Grey Angelfish, 1.1 Queen Angelfish, 1.1 Four-Eyed Butterflyfish, Atlantic Spadefish school, 1.1 French Angelfish, Blue Chromis school, 1.0 Cuban Hogfish, 1.0 Spanish Hogfish, 1.1 Spotfin Butterflyfish, Atlantic Porkfish school, Royal Tang school & Blue Hippo Tang school
Ocellate River Ray school w/ White-Blotched River Ray school, Pacu school, 4 Redtail Catfish, 5 Arapaima & 3 Arawana
Weedy Seadragon group
Leafy Seadragon group
Pacific Seahorse group
Dwarf Seahorse group
Potbelly Seahorse group
Lined Seahorse group
Pipefish group
1 Giant Pacific Octopus
School of Banggai Cardinalfish
Common Clownfish w/ Sea Anemones
Red Lionfish school w/ Moorish Idol school
3-6 California Moray Eel w/ 1.0 Garibaldi, Leopard Shark school, Horn Shark school, Swell Shark school, Kelp Bass school, 1.1 Wolf Eel, 1.3 California Sheepshead Wrasse & several Rockfish species (probably one of each)
Red Piranha school
1 Electric Eel
Tank of several Lake Victoria Cichlid species (all in harem groups)
Tomato Clownfish w/ Sea Anemones
Neon Tetra school
Tank of several Lake Malawi Cichlid species (all in harem groups)
8 Heckel Discus w/ 8 South American Angelfish & 8 Blue Discus
Touch pool for Horseshoe Crabs, young Cownose Rays, White-Spotted Bamboo Shark school, young Bonnethead Sharks, young Southern Stingrays & young Bat Rays
Moon Jellies
Japanese Spider Crabs
Alaskan King Crab
 
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hey! I am zaeem , and i'm studying architecture and its my thesis year and my thesis topic is zoological garden i'm living in Pakistan , Lahore and we have zoo in Lahore but its not very worth full that's why I've decided to design a zoological garden for my city to educate people and conservation of species which are in extinction . so please do help me out that how can i achieve my task ? i need case studies of different zoos
 
kbaker116, I'm not all that confident in my dream... :(
Yes, I am still very young, but I feel like I know almost nothing about animals compared to Fernando or other ZooChatters close to my age (or any ZooChatters, PERIOD). Sure, I can tell you what a goral and a maleo is, but I know almost nothing about them because looking them up on the Internet provides me with almost NOTHING as well. I wouldn't want to start off with a little petting zoo or warehouse kind of thing (even though I might have to), and I really want to make the zoo non-profit. I don't know where I'd locate the zoo, but I'd want it somewhere with thousands of open acres (not for the zoo, just in an open area) where no (or very few) other businesses are. I currently have almost NO hands-on experience with animals whatsoever, and if I want to fulfill my dream of being general curator I realize that has to change. I want to try and get involved with as much as I can, but I'm low on funds (hey, who isn't?) and probably wouldn't be able to do anything out of state... :mad: I realize during high school and college I can expand my knowledge, and I have plenty of time to, but I feel like I'm somehow waiting last minute and that I need some sort of experience this year. :rolleyes: I really don't want to be starting my zoo when I'm 60. :eek:
During my various conversations with zooplantman, I told him sometimes I didn't really know how to respond to the info I was receiving, or I didn't even know what questions to ask. So... what can I do now to find out as much as possible? As I read this thread I realized a zoo is more than needing tons of money; there are so many small things that are just as important as the money. I know you have your dreams too, but you certainly know more than I do about what you'd need for a zoo. What are some key things you need? (Ex. what do you need to purchase animals, [licenses, degrees, etc.] to buy land, etc...) Thanks!
 
i am really serious about starting a zoo, i have been working as a zoo ambassador since i was 16, this has been my dream since i was 5. i want to start a zoo in long beach, CA, they have an aquarium so why not a zoo ?, it is a large metropolotin city lacking a zoo, so i want to be the first pioneer of that project, i even found 900 acres land in the city and have a layout design in mind and a large ambitious collection in mind also. i even made a facebook page for this zoo, so check it out and like it if you want to see this plan come to life, If you want to see this zoo built like this page LONG BEACH ZOO | Facebook
 
I think that would be a great and very interesting collection if you could get it together. I'm not sure if it would work as a city centre zoo though. Land in the city is going to cost more to buy and to run (cost of getting food transported in, accomodation for workers etc), so you need to make more out of it. That means more visitors, and to get more visitors that means more animals they want to see. And that means lions, tigers, penguins etc etc. I feel for the type of zoo you are looking at, going out where the land is cheaper would be a better move. Besides lower start up it would mean you'd probably be able to provide larger paddocks for your ungulates. You are not going to be able to open with all the species you want. Presenting what you can get in really impressive sweeping exhibits where they can drift around naturally in herds would surely be better than starting with a few species standing in paddocks in the city centre where many visitors are going to be disapointed?

An idea for how to get there... I wonder if you could aim to buy a cattle ranch first, and then start breeding just a few species, and open to the public once they are looking impressive? Start with plains herd animals that will do OK on what's basically a ranch, and then move to those that require more individual and specialist exhibits?
 
Wow, is there really 900 acres of undeveloped land in Long Beach (or anywhere in the greater Los Angeles area)? I think it would be great. For a city of the caliber of Los Angeles, their zoo is far below par (although it is undergoing several improvements). The two zoos in Orange County are also sub-par and too small. Considering the number of people who live in the greater Los Angeles area and how crowded the L.A. Zoo is on weekends, I am sure there would be interest in another zoo if was done right.

Since you seem to have a special interest in ungulates, I think large fields (three or four acres or more) of large herds of hoofstock would be enough to distinguish it from the nearby Los Angeles Zoo. Throw in a few rare small animals that they don't have and you've got a real winner.
 
Guineafowl

Animaldude you have crested guineafowl on your list and I would like to say they are very aggressive and may not be the best idea, I would suggest going with vulturine guineafowl instead. Also you said that you wanted a same sex flock of guineas, I do not think this is a very good idea because they pair up even though they live in a flock. Why did you want a single sex flock?
 
I actually changed my mind to a mixed-sex flock and maybe a pair of Vulturines is better than Kenya Cresteds. Helmeted Guineafowl of the same sex get along fine. Same-sex flock was an idea because they breed so easily and they're not at risk in the wild.
 
My Zoo

I think if I were to start a zoo it would be around Riverhead NY. Riverhead already has an amazing aquarium that is doing great (the have enough money to make $15 and $24 million dollar renovations). Long Island already have a Zoo of a sorts but The Long Island Game farms main exhibits are a mountain lion and a single giraffe. They have some cool thinks like lemurs, but on the whole I think they are lacking. Riverhead does not boast a huge population but literally millions of tourists have to pass through to vacation farther out on the island.

As for the collection I would start out with
Indian Peafowl - Many colors, free ranged
Green peafowl - Whatever variety needs most conservation at the time, penned
Lions - Transvaal Lion, hopefully a mixed pride of white and tawny to minimize inbreeding. I know feelings on white lions a mixed, I would hope for a white male at least one white female and then tawny females

The Idea for these next ones is like a wilds of Kenya Exhibit - A elevated walkway, over/around this would give people good viewing access, parts with see-through flooring would be cool
Cheetah - 1.1
Thompsons Gazelles - Near Cheetahs, hopefully mixed with other hoof stock. What animals are compatible?
Giraffes - Reticulated, with the Thompsons Gazelle if that is safe
Plains Zebra - Small Heard, with Gazelles if safe
Wildebeest - not sure what subspecies, with gazelles if safe
Ostrich - whatever subspecies is available, and native to kenya

Pygmy Hippos - Breeding group
Sun Bears - a breeding pair would be cool but I will take what I can get
Guineafowl - Helmeted or Vulturine
New World Monkeys - Not sure what species
Pheasant Aviary - As many species as possible

Eventually I would like to have
Big Cats - As many species as I can house, snow leopard are kind of a dream of mine
Tapir - Malaysian preferably
Lemur - Ringtailed and maybe other species
Blackbuck - Breeding group
Gerenuk - breeding group
Spectacled Bears
Other Hoof stock - It order to be successful I think they would need to be exotic, colorful like the Blackbuck or odd looking like the Gerenuk, bongos would work I think

An Amazonian World Exhibit
Jaguars - If possible
Giant Anteater
Amazonian Tapir - If possible
Cougars - One of the South American subspecies
Other animals native to the amazon

Rhinos - possibly
Elephants - Possibly
Baboons, Drill, or Mandrill - Possibly

Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated
 
Well, the cheetahs would need to separated outside of breeding season. Hopefully, your blackbuck & gerenuk breeding groups only have 1 male. Pygmy Hippos are solitary, so you can have a pair put together when the female's in heat but besides that, keep them separate. Sun Bears do best housed alone except during breeding time. Gazelles, Giraffes, Ostrich, Wildebeest, and Zebra can all live together. If any baby animals born, introduce to zebras last. Zebras often pick on very young animals. But my recommendation is to get a bachelor herd of giraffes, a same-sex flock of ostriches, same-sex plains zebra herd (geldings or mares, no stallions), same-sex wildebeest herd (all cows or castrated bulls. Maybe a few young bulls. No breeding priority for wildebeest. i recommend Blue Wildebeest or White-Bearded Wildebeest), bachelor herd of Thomson's Gazelles. You could get some Helmeted Guineafowl (same-sex flock) & mix w/ the African species. (No need to breed them). I think you should stick w/ Tawny Lions & make sure females are related to each other. For New World Monkeys, i'd recommend a pair of White-Faced Sakis, Ruffed Lemurs would be a cool idea.
 
Why

Why do you suggest sticking to tawny lions? Are you against the Breeding of white ones or is there some other reason? Also I think that I would have mixed sexes in the kenya exhibit because people love babies and you need people to like your zoo in order for it to survive. Also I would love breeding them.
 
Animaldude said:
i am kinda against the breeding of white lions b/c they're not really needed for breeding
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They lived in south africa in small numbers until being hunted to extinction. However the gene lived on as it is recessive, and eventually popped back up again. I think we should have captive breeding programs for white lions because of this.
 
Ok here's a Zoo to begin with.

Rhino Paddock:
Indian Rhinoceros

Seal Pool:
Grey Seal

Woodland Trail:
Black Bear
Bobcat
Coyote
Red Fox
Wolverine
Fisher
Striped Skunk
American Badger
Common Raccoon
River Otter
American Beaver
North American Porcupine
Bald Eagle
Trumpeter Swan
Various Species of GameFowl, WaterFowl and Turtles
Alligator Snapping Turtle

Grassland Trail:
American Bison
ProngHorn
BigHorn Sheep
Caribou
Elk
White Tailed Deer
Cougar
Bobcat
Grey Wolf
Black Footed Ferret
Golden Eagle
Harris Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
Wild Turkey

Goat Hill:
Barbary Sheep

Random Habitat:
Bush Dog

Zoo Farm:
Draft Horse
Exmoor Pony
Miniature Horse
Domestic Donkey
Domestic Mule
Dexter Cow
Jersey Cow
Hereford Cow
African Pygmy Goat
Boer Goat
Bagot Goat
Golden Guernsey Goat
Jacob Sheep
Fat Tailed Goat
Llama
Alpaca
Domestic Pig
Domestic Chicken
Domestic Duck
Domestic Goose
Domestic Turkey
Barn Owl
Raven
Corn Snake
Scarlet Kingsnake
Garter Snake
Various Species of Frogs and Lizards

That's how you should stOart the zoo. Got te Idea from Buttonwood Park Zoo.
 
Gforrestersmith- That itself is ambitious for a zoo to start. And must you constantly plague this forum with your lists of animals? They created Fantasy Zoos for a reason!
 
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