The ZooChat 2011 Awards!

[lee456]

So since we are in the award season, I thought I would create the first ever ZooChat awards (I'm assuming, Haven't searched for them in all honesty.) So here goes you can either reply to this thread directly or pm me your choices. The nominees are endless. To vote there will be three slots with your top three choices so for example:

Best " " Exhibit

1. Zoo X
2. X wildlife Gardens
3. X Safari Park

Wooden spoon.

Top choice: 3pts
Second Choice: 2pts
Third Choice: 1pt

Wooden spoon: the most freqeunt one mentioned.

The sections are not species limited i.e. Best Rhino Exhibit can be all 5sp.

Just a bit of fun for everyone. So here goes voting is online from 4p.m on the 11/12/10 U.K time and will close at the same time next week.

Good luck:

Best Antelope Exhibit

1.
2.
3.

Wooden Spoon

Best Elephant Exhibit

1.
2.
3.

Wooden Spoon

Best Great Ape Exhibit

1.
2.
3.

Wooden Spoon

Best Primate Exhibit

1.
2.
3.

Wooden Spoon

Best Big Cat Exhibit

1.
2.
3.

Wooden Spoon

Best Reptile Exhibit

1.
2.
3.

Wooden Spoon

Best Aquarium Exhibit

1.
2.
3.

Wooden Spoon

Best New Exhibit opened in 2010

1.
2.
3.

Wooden Spoon

and Finally

Most informative ZooChat Member

1.
2.
3.

Wooden Spoon




Good luck everyone!

 

[KCZooFan]

I am going to put down answers just from the USA

Best Antelope Exhibit
1.San Diego Safari Park (Africa Tram Safari)
2.St. Louis Zoo (Red Rocks)
3.Busch Gardens Africa

Best Elephant Exhibit
1.North Carolina Zoo
2.Dallas Zoo
3.Nashville Zoo

Best Great Ape Exhibit
1. Bronx Zoo (Congo Gorilla Forest)
2. Kansas City Zoo (Africa)
3. Zoo Atlanta

Best Primate Exhibit
1. Denver Zoo (Primate Panorama)
2. Ft. Worth Zoo
3. Omaha Zoo (Lied Jungle)

Best Reptile Exhibit
1. San Diego Zoo
2. Audubon Zoo
3. St. Louis Zoo

Best Aquarium Exhibit
1. National Aquarium in Baltimore
2. Shedd Aquarium
3. Georgia Aquarium

Best New Exhibit for 2010
1. Dallas (Giants of the Savannah)
2. Ft. Worth (MOLA)
3. Omaha (Expedition Madagascar)

Most Informative ZooChat Member
1. Chlidonias
2. jbnbsn99
3. Baldur


I'm not really sure what the "Wooden Spoon" is.

 

[lee456]

Cheers for starting it off!

And I should explain that the Wooden spoon is for the worst enclosure in that category. Maybe its just an english thing. The person in last place would be given a wooden spoon?

 

[KCZooFan]

Ahhh, thank you, and I don't beleive we should have one for the Most Informative ZooChat member, might be mean.

Also, if I could suggest a few more categories:

The five contintents, birds, bears, and childrens zoos

 

[lee456]

Best Bear Exhibit

1.
2.
3.

Wooden Spoon

Best Children's Zoo

1.
2.
3.

Wooden Spoon

Best Bird Exhibit

1.
2.
3.

Wooden Spoon

Five Continents

1.
2.
3.

Wooden Spoon

 

[KCZooFan]

Best Bear Exhibit
1. San Diego Zoo
2. Detroit Zoo
3. National Zoo

Best Children's Zoo
1. Pittsburgh Zoo
2. Brookfield Zoo
3. Maryland Zoo

Best Bird Exhibit
1. San Diego Zoo
2. Houston Zoo
3. St. Louis Zoo

By five continents in meant Africa, Australia, Asia, NA, and SA

Africa
1. Kansas City Zoo
2. San Deigo Safari Park
3. DAK

Austalia
1. Ft. Wayne's Children Zoo
2. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
3. Columbus Zoo

Asia
1. Bronx Zoo
2. Columbus Zoo
3. National Zoo

North America
1. North Carolina Zoo
2. Oklahoma City Zoo
3. Sedgwick County Zoo

South America
1. Jacksonville Zoo
2. Audubon Zoo
3. Sedgwick County Zoo

 

[Jordan-Jaguar97]

These are from the UK
Best Antelope Exhibit

1.Chester
2.Paignton
3.Colchester

Wooden Spoon

Best Elephant Exhibit

1.Chester
2.West Midlands
3.Colchester
Wooden Spoon

Best Great Ape Exhibit

1.Blackpool
2.London
3.Colchester
Wooden Spoon

Best Primate Exhibit

1.Twycross
2.Colchester
3.Chester

Wooden Spoon

Best Big Cat Exhibit

1.Chester
2.South Lakes
3.Howletts

Wooden Spoon

Best Reptile Exhibit

1.Chester
2.Paradise Wildlife Park
3.West Midlands

Wooden Spoon

Best Aquarium Exhibit

1.London
2.Chester
3.Bristol

Wooden Spoon

Best New Exhibit opened in 2010

1.Chester(Giant Otter)
2.West Midlands(Indian Rhino)
3.Longleat(Animal Adventure)

Wooden Spoon

and Finally

Most informative ZooChat Member

1.Bongorob
2.Gentle Lemur
3.Haz_Cat

Regards Jordan

 

[Ellis Bell]

It would be interesting to know which specific exhibit people are referring to, eg which primate exhibit at Twycross is the best?!?

I don't think I'll be voting because even though I've been to quite a few places I feel it"ll just end up being Best 'out of the ones I've been to...'

It seems a bit unfair to give the last placed one the wooden spoon which is a negative thing because although it will be the bottom one chosen as the best, it may eg be a small place that hardly anyone visits, whereas all the actual 'antelope hell' exhibits get off scot free!

 

[NOTRIK]

I myself feel this is a bit of a miss match as unless you have visited ALL the zoos in the world then how could you possibily know which is best and has said above there will be loads of zoos which are not that good getting away scot free from any wooden spoon award
I will not be voting

 

[lee456]

Ok scrath the Wooden spoon award and if you Don't want to vote, Don't. It's just a bit of fun!

 

[NOTRIK]

I know it's just a bit of fun but if I voted it would be for the following same three on everything


1.EARTH
2.EARTH
3.EARTH

And no I'm not being stupid as some may think were else in the world would you get the true exhibit for the natural surroundings of any animal

 

[lee456]

I see your point but it is just an opnion choice and to get a general concensus of what the memebrs thinks is the premier exhibit in each category