The zoo i want to start

The zoo i want to start
20-07-2012

Hello i am 20 years old, and since i was VERY young i have wanted to start a zoo, here is a layout for that zoo i plan on building in the future, tell me how you like it, or what you would change about it, do you have any pointers, do you guys think my plan is realistic or too grandiose, your opinions are much appreciated !!!


If you want to see this zoo built like this page LONG BEACH ZOO | Facebook

24-07-2012

You must be really bored.....

26-07-2012

You are STILL very young if you actually think that concept of a zoo is possible to realize just like that. Sorry to say...

Anyhow, you want every type of animal that cannot kept in a house to live in grottos? Sure you don't mean exhibits? A grotto is a type of old-fashioned cave thingy that for example bears used to be housed in. And good luck with building 50 different animal houses and afford running them because you don't want to keep different animal groups in the same building.

26-07-2012

I've been reading different threads before and you've posted the exact same thing before, only the zoo has a different name. Each exhibit in each zoo is the same thing, with the same species, and you honestly just put every single member of that group of animals (ex. peccaries, elephants, deer) into your zoo. You can't just build a zoo. Do you have any experience? Do you have, quite literally, millions of dollars? If not, well, don't expect a zoo to be your future.

26-07-2012

I was going to say something like 'ah, let the poor kid dream'. There's a few things that swayed me.
1) There seem to be people on the Facebook page that are under the misapprehension that this is even vaguely plausible, and I think it's unfair to mislead them.
2) You seem to think that you can just take over a public park for your private business. Oh, and it happens to be in a flood zone, according to Wikipedia.
3) The quote from the ex-San Diego Zoo employee, and your desire to follow in his philosophy, mark you out as somebody not well-suited to managing others.
4) You kinda lost me when you started talking about riding elephants from the airport to the zoo and feeling like an Indian rajah.
5) Are some of those gazillions of photos possibly from Zoochat? If so, you should be aware that you have no rights to use them.

My advice: stick to Zoo Tycoon.

28-10-2012

keep dreaming .... maybe you will make your dreams reality. i know it's difficult but with will and determination you might manage it.

and by the way good facebook page

28-10-2012

With will and determination, one might manage to start a zoo in general, but NOT this zoo. Starting a zoo identical to Berlin Zoo would be less ambitious than this...

29-10-2012

You can't just have....

Jird House
Squirrel House
Tortoise House
Civet House
Turaco House
Python House
Boa House

Giraffe Grottos
Capybara Grottos
Seal Grottos

It just doesn't work like that. It would take millions and millions of dollars, lots of experience, and at least a bit of originality.

I'm sorry to say, even if you managed somehow to start it, a zoo like that would get shut down right away.

30-10-2012

I hope ungulate nerd does open his zoo one day.

30-10-2012

Thanks Jusko88 i really appreciate your support !!!

30-10-2012

Hopefully not with all those grottoes or species. For grottoes, they are typically inadequate exhibits, and for all those species, I don't want UN going broke caring for all of them!

10-02-2013

Times are tough. Even for larger, more established zoos, funding is becoming more of an issue. If you were to start a zoo, how would you puchase land, build state of the art facilities to house each individual animal, vet, or even recieve permits to even have every single animal?

Speaking of which, a starting zoo would not usually house such a vast array of species. I think it would be wise to just pick a few out of each type of animal (reptiles, mammals, birds, anphibians) if this is to be a STARTING zoo. Many zoos start out small, then expand as time comes. If this is truly a passion you desire to accomplish, maybe a small petting zoo with a few exotics will be a good start to acheiving this dream. (and by exotics I mean, Wallabys, Spurr Thighed Tortoises, and possibly even a small primate.)

I wish you all the best of luck.

10-02-2013

Thanks viper, I will take your advice into consideration, i really appreciate the support, my mom even suggest i start a petting zoo to make money for my major Zoo, I will start small and work my way up to the big leagues, thanks again Viper !!!

10-02-2013

Just to let you know, I am aware that I cant just build a zoo just like that, and to answer your question i have YEARS of experience, I have been volunteering in zoos since i was 9, the Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice park then hired me when I was 16 to work as an ambassador in the education department, I have been doing that like 5 years now, I also work as a Volunteer Animal Keeper at the Los Angeles Zoo, over there I have worked with Grevys zebras, Pronghorns, Nubian ibex, Lowland anoa, Black and Red flanked duikers, Southern pudus, Ocelots, Black tailed prarie dogs, and Childrens Zoo Animals, at Santa Ana Zoo I have experiance with Wallabies, Emus, Ponies, Cattle, Goats, Sheep, Ducks, Turkeys, Pigs, and Education animals such as Hedgehogs, Iguanas, Rabbits etc, and Regarding higher level zoo positions I know people in those departments quite well and I even help out in commitee and planning meetings for the zoo and have wrote lists and letters which I am working on one know mainly about what animals should go into the zoo's collection etc. Regarding money I dont have millions or billions of dollars but i do sometimes is study the following things, How to get public land, How to privatize public land, how to do fundraising, How to get government permits for certain animals eg. Saiga, Platypus, Cuviers gazelle etc. How to host fundraisers, Services provided by the department of the interior, Services provided by the Department of Fish and Game, Services provided by US Fish and Wildlife, are the animals planned for my zoo's collection sustainable in my zoo's environment, anyways these are things that help and also I hope my experience explains or answers your question

10-02-2013

Check out this zoo idea, this is EXACTLY what I want Long Beach Zoo to look like with that EXACT layout, and that EXACT animal collection Build this zoo, Orange County World Zoo | Facebook tell me what you guys think of this plan ???