The "Small-Zoo" Charm

[Orcinus Orca]

Wild Ireland is probably the closest zoo or sanctuary to me and I feel it gives off that small zoo charm. It isn’t overly large and is pretty new only being a few years old,but it is expanding pretty regularly,but if you take your time you could very well spend an hour and a half there or even more.

The park houses animals native or once native to Ireland including Eurasian Brown Bears,Barbary Macaques,European Grey Wolves etc. and it even has some invasive species for educational purposes like American Mink. Many are rescues but some are part of conservation breeding programs,so it almost feels like a mix of a zoo and a sanctuary. Its small size and naturalistic design really makes it a special place and it has this cozy vibe to it because of how small it is and I think it has had a great educational and economical benefit for the local area as well

 

[Salt Merchant]

There are like dozens of small zoos in Java. Faunaland have that "charm" to me, although I wouldn't call it great. It is new and has various nice species as well as several mutations (Not my favorite but I understand the appeal). Some exhibits are good, some are just not too good.

 

[felis silvestris]

In my area (Fife) the Deep Sea World, an aquarium relatively close to the land marked Forth Rail Bridge. It compromises of a touch tank, shark tunnel with Sand Tiger Sharks, nocturnal aquarium for Nurse Sharks, a freshwater section with piranhas, amphibians and reptiles area, and seals outside. It does have that charm, and it’s usually people’s go-to aquarium in Fife

Only problem is that my mum says it’s way too expensive.

 

[lowland anoa]

Only problem is that my mum says it’s way too expensive.

It’s quite cheap for an adult ticket. I last went in May and it cost me £16 i think

 

[NATY]

I'm not sure if it's considered small but River Wonders is a lot smaller than my other 3 local zoos and its all achievable in 1 loop aside from a boat ride which takes up a lot of space. It takes less than 2 hours to see everything. It has a lot of large freshwater fish, 3 species of crocodilian, lots of Amazon species and of course the giant pandas! Although maybe because of the pandas it won't have that charm you seek...

 

[aardvark250]

I'm not sure if it's considered small but River Wonders is a lot smaller than my other 3 local zoos and its all achievable in 1 loop aside from a boat ride which takes up a lot of space. It takes less than 2 hours to see everything. It has a lot of large freshwater fish, 3 species of crocodilian, lots of Amazon species and of course the giant pandas! Although maybe because of the pandas it won't have that charm you seek...

River safari isnt a small zoo. It's more like the failed experiment from WRS lol and they are like put pandas there otherwise it'll be empty