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  1. adrian1963

    adrian1963 Well-Known Member

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    Taken from the web page link below -

    Best Zoos - the United Kingdom - TripAdvisor Travellers? Choice Awards

    I wonder which Collections are missing (in your opinions) from these list's

    UK -​


    1 – Chester Zoo
    2 – Colchester Zoo
    3 – Blackpool Zoo
    4 – Cotswold Wildlife Park
    5 – Folly Farm Adventure Park & Zoo
    6 – Paignton Zoo Environmental Park
    7 – Durrell Wildlife Park
    8 – Drusillas Park
    9 – ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
    10 – Axe Valley Wildlife Park

    EUROPE –​


    1 - Loro Parque (SPAIN)
    2 - Prague Zoo (Czech Republic)
    3 - Tiergarten Schoenbrunn - Zoo Vienna (Austria)
    4 - Chester Zoo (United Kingdom)
    5 - ZooParc de Beauval (France)
    6 - Colchester Zoo (United Kingdom)
    7 - Bioparc Valencia (Spain)
    8 - Zoologischer Garten Berlin Zoo (Germany)
    9 - Novosibirsk Zoo (Russia)
    10 - Blackpool Zoo (United Kingdom)
    11 - Artis Zoo (Netherlands)
    12 - Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens (United Kingdom)
    13 - Palmitos Park (Spain)
    14 - Pairi Daiza (Belgium)
    15 - Dublin Zoo (Ireland)
    16 - Folly Farm Adventure Park and Zoo (United Kingdom)
    17 - Paignton Zoo Environmental Park (United Kingdom)
    18 - Limpopo Zoo (Russia)
    19 - Durrell Wildlife Park (United Kingdom)
    20 - Lisbon Zoo Jardim Zoologico de Lisboa (Portugal)

    WORLD –​


    1 – San Diego Zoo (US)
    2 – Loro Parque (SPAIN)
    3 – Singapore Zoo (SINGAPORE)
    4 – Prague Zoo ( Czech republic)
    5 – Tiergarten Schoenbrunn Zoo (AUSTRIA)
    6 – Henry Doorly Zoo (US)
    7 – Chester Zoo (UK)
    8 – St Louis Zoo (US)
    9 – Zoological Wildlife Foundation Florida (US)
    10 - Zooparc De Beauval (France)
    11 – Colchester Zoo (UK)
    12 – Bioparc Valencia (SPAIN)
    13 - Cape May County Park & Zoo (US)
    14 – Zoologischer Garten Berlin Zoo (GERMANY)
    15 – Taronga Zoo (AUSTRALIA)

    21 - Blackpool Zoo (United Kingdom)

    I have noticed NO Safari parks ir drive through collections are on any list why?
     
  2. DavidBrown

    DavidBrown Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    That world list has popped up before. I have no idea what that place in Florida at number 9 is (update: it's a roadside menagerie and petting zoo). The Cape May Zoo in New Jersey is an obscure zoo that even most die hard zoo nerds here in North America have never visited.

    For North America at least the list is a bit of a joke, although most people would probably accept San Diego, St. Louis, and Omaha as top tier zoos.
     
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  3. SMR

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    A totally meaningless list, akin to the cast of The Only Way is Essex voting on the top ten short chain oligosaccharides.
     
  4. Panthera1981

    Panthera1981 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    No real surprise London's absence, considering most of it is currently a building site!

    Well done Colchester though...looks like the cast of TOWIE had their say eh SMR? ;)
     
  5. adrian1963

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    It maybe a joke list but the Chester Zoo followers will think it's the best list in the world.
     
  6. gentle lemur

    gentle lemur Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I think that would be a little more predictable
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    Alan
     
  7. zoogiraffe

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    Not this one at the moment Chester isn't even in my 10 top in Europe,it might just creep in if Islands ever fully opens!!!
     
  8. snowleopard

    snowleopard Well-Known Member 15+ year member Premium Member

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    I'm currently on a 26 day/80 zoo trip through the southern states, and interestingly enough in motels I often browse through the brochures/pamphlets in order to see if there is a zoo map available for my collection. Anyway, Dallas Zoo heavily advertises itself as one of the top 10 zoos in America according to TripAdvisor, and Omaha has done the same in the past. Perhaps regular zoo visitors put faith in the TripAdvisor rankings, while most zoo nerds ignore them altogether. It seems as if some zoos are using the fame to their advantage.
     
  9. Arizona Docent

    Arizona Docent Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I would actually agree that Dallas is top ten in USA. As I state in my southwest zoo book, it is the best zoo in the southwest US.
     
  10. ChesterZooFan

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    This list should be titled "most popular" rather than "best" or "top".
     
  11. Lemurs

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    Why is Vienna listed so highly? Diversity, viewing, animal welfare? I'm in Vienna in October and although my time is limited, I could maybe squeeze in a morning or afternoon.
     
  12. LaughingDove

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    Vienna (Tiergarten Schonbrunn) is a really nice collection in my opinion. I visited it in April of this year and it does have lots of features that push it to be listed quite highly. It has both Koalas and Giant Pandas which for some reason (considering they're just balls of fluff that are usually asleep) are both popular with the average zoo visitor.
    There aren't really any sub-standard enclosures that I thought were bad and many fantastic ones - in terms of viewing/visitor experience and animal welfare. Lots of nice rarities too.

    I have written my thoughts on it here: https://www.zoochat.com/community/posts/866371 if you would like to read more.

    I would rank it as the fourth best zoo in Europe that I have visited (after Walsrode and both Berlin collections) though I haven't visited either Loro Parque or Prague listed above it here.
     
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  13. monkeyarmy

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    Christ what do Blackpool feed their orang-utans?! With such obese animals how they made the list for the UK let alone Europe!
     
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    Because these are based on the general publics reviews, hence the stupidity of the list.
     
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    DDcorvus Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Schonbrunn is an excellent zoo and for me only surpassed by Walsrode :). And for sure it is a lot better than Loro Parque and I also prefer it over Prague. Even though the later is a very nice zoo as well.
     
  17. Javan Rhino

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    I was thinking about this last night and, obviously, any 'top zoos' list in the world has more than an element of personal opinion and it is hard [nee impossible] to scientifically rate them and order them in the fairest way without any form of personal opinion. I'm sure everybody's list is different, if only slightly.

    My top ten [of what I've visted], for example, are:

    1) Colonge Zoo
    2) Rotterdam Blidjorp
    3) Burger's Zoo
    4) Zoo Berlin
    5) Zoo Frankfurt
    6) Chester Zoo
    7) Tierpark Berlin
    8) Apenheul
    9) ZSL Whipsnade
    10) Stuttgart [Wilhelma]

    And wow, that was difficult! I'm sure if I look again tomorrow even I won't agree with the list - as stated, there is a lot of personal opinion in there.
     
  18. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    Yeah, my top 10 collections suffers the same plastic nature reliant on my mood and thought process on any given day I am asked :p

    That said, if asked today I think my top ten would be something like the following:

    1) Tierpark Berlin / Zoo Berlin
    2) -------
    3) Wilhelma
    4) Alpenzoo / Chester Zoo
    5) -------
    6) Tierpark Hellabrunn
    7) Bristol Zoo / Cotswold Wildlife Park
    8) -------
    9) Zoo Magdeburg
    10) ZSL Whipsnade
     
  19. squirrelmonkey

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    What is your top 10 list for zoos in Europe?