What zoo caters to the most groups of people?

[OstrichMania]

Bit of an odd question but thought of it while reading a thread. What zoos do well at catering to a lot of different groups of people? For example, what zoos are both good at supporting the elderly who visit their zoos but at the same time can keep kids enticed?

In my experience, Chester has to be the best for me. It caters to zoo nerds due to its array of rarities, the elderly by having mostly flat pathing, ABC-lovers due to its large exhibits for elephants, rhinos, giraffes etc. and kids because of keeping species like meerkats and its extensive playgrounds.

Genuinely curious about what people think a zoo needs to be able to cater to lots of different groups of people.

 

[Dassie rat]

Plzen is an interesting collection with many ABC animals, as well as lots of XYZ animals for zoo nerds.

 

[15399]

Well I think there are a lot of ways that zoos can cater to different groups, and some of these are things many zoos do quite poorly. For instance, if a zoo wants to cater to families with children, exhibits should be designed such that a child is able to easily see into all the exhibits, without needing to be picked up by a parent or climb onto a fence. This is something that I'm shocked more zoos don't take into consideration, and I've seen many zoo exhibits at almost any zoo where children would be unable to look into exhibits (or at least not all of them), and to some degree I wonder if this is part of the problem when zoochatters complain about kids spending all their time on a playground and not looking at animals.

Another place zoos cater to different groups would be in dining opportunities. Does a zoo have a variety of options, including options could for people of diverse backgrounds, people with dietary restrictions or allergies, vegetarians and vegans, etc.? And if they don't have these offerings, do they allow people to bring outside food into the zoo?

Really there are tons of groups zoos, or anything for that matter, needs to account for when opening. I recently read a report published about my local zoo, Capron Park Zoo, about disabilities access. It was a report done by an outside group hired by the city to look at ADA accessibility around various city properties. The zoo's report contained a lot of concerns that wouldn't have even crossed my mind, as a person without a physical disability. Everything from inclines being slightly too steep, to toilets being the wrong height, to issues with the delivery station of the concessions stand. Many of the things needed to be compliant with certain groups' needs wouldn't even be considered by people outside the group. And to be quite honest, all zoos could do a lot better accommodating various groups, though it is something many zoos are working towards fixing.