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How many different zoos did you visit in 2021

Discussion in 'General Zoo Discussion' started by HungarianBison, 27 Dec 2021.

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How many zoos did you visit in 2021?

Poll closed 31 Dec 2021.
  1. 0

    5.8%
  2. 1-2

    15.4%
  3. 3-5

    19.2%
  4. 6-10

    19.2%
  5. 11+

    40.4%
  1. Emanuel Theodorus

    Emanuel Theodorus Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    like me too :)
     
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  2. Skukuza

    Skukuza Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Slow year for me on visits.

    Having a baby and covid restrictions will do that though!

    Only notched up 8 places. But did meet my modest target of visiting 3 new zoos.

    Wild Place
    Axe Valley (first time)
    Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm
    SEALife Birmingham (first time)
    Birmingham Nature Centre (first time)
    Puxton Park
    Bristol Aquarium (twice)
    Bristol Zoo (sadly likely my final visit)
     
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  3. MonkeyBat

    MonkeyBat Well-Known Member

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    How I forgot to include Kansas City Zoo is beyond me :)
     
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  4. UngulateNerd92

    UngulateNerd92 Well-Known Member Premium Member 5+ year member

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    My number for 2021 is 8 zoological collections, which were as follows;

    Phoenix Zoo - Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona

    Albuquerque Aquarium - Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico

    Albuquerque Bugarium - Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico

    Rio Grande Zoo - Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico

    El Paso Zoo - El Paso, El Paso County, Texas

    Reid Park Zoo - Tucson, Pima County, Arizona

    Arizona Sonora Desert Museum - Tucson, Pima County, Arizona

    And

    Uvalde National Fish Hatchery - Uvalde, Uvalde County, Texas
     
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  5. iluvwhales

    iluvwhales Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Four: ZooTampa, Busch Gardens Tampa, Florida Aquarium, Queens Zoo
     
  6. Neil chace

    Neil chace Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Eight Zoos this year, four of which I never visited before and one that I haven't visited in a long time.
     
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  7. CMP

    CMP Well-Known Member

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    I visited 5 zoos this year, including 3 new ones.
    These are Scovill Zoo, Cincinnati Zoo, Shedd Aquarium, Memphis Zoo, and Dallas World Aquarium. Cincy, Memphis, and DWA were new.

    This list is different from the zoos I normally visit, so I hope to return to those this year. I think I'll be able to visit more zoos this year as well.
     
  8. CheeseChameleon1945

    CheeseChameleon1945 Well-Known Member

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    3
     
  9. Dhole dude

    Dhole dude Well-Known Member

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    Those Zoos were
    Minnesota Zoo (6 times)
    Como Park Zoo & Conservatory (4 Times)
    Lake Superior Zoo (1 time)
    Wood Lake Nature Center (1 time)
    Bell Museum (2 times)
    Safari North Wildlife Park (1 time)
    Hemker Park & Zoo (1 time)
    Richardson Nature Center (2 times)
    Pine Grove Zoo (1 time)
    Westwood Hills Nature Center (1 time)
    Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Muesum of Natural History (1 time)
    Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (1 time)
    Lee G. Simmons Wildlife Safari (1 time)
     
  10. Shirokuma

    Shirokuma Well-Known Member

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    I visited 8 collections including 5 that were new to me.

    I didn’t leave the area around my town in northern Sweden at all for first half of the year so no zoo visits.

    I got to visit some zoos once travel recommendations were relaxed in the summer and went to Järvzoo, Borås Zoo and Nordens Ark.

    A summer visit to family in the Netherlands took me to Blijdorp, Sea Life Scheveningen, Kerkrade and across the border to Antwerp.

    I also went to Edinburgh Zoo towards the end of the year.
     
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  11. Dr Bright N04

    Dr Bright N04 Well-Known Member

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    Florida
    Four new zoos.
     
  12. vogelcommando

    vogelcommando Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    As already told in another thread ( Vogelcommandos anniversary - post # 36 ) I made 11 visits to 10 different zoos in 2 countries of which 2 were new to me :
    - Zoopark Overloon
    - Faunapark Flakkee
    - Zie-ZOO
    - Berkenhof's Tropical Zoo
    - Avifauna
    - Squirrel Experience Etten Leur
    - De Bosruiter
    - Zoo Plzen ( a new one for me )
    - Zoo Prague ( 2 times )
    - Aquarium Prague
    Still no plans for 2022 but hopefully a few more zoos and zoo-visits this year !
     
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  13. German Zoo World

    German Zoo World Well-Known Member

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    These are the Zoos i have managed to visited in 2021.

    Tripsdrill Wildlife
    Bad Mergentheim Wildlife Park
    Heidelberg Zoo
    Landau Reptilium
    Landau Zoo
    Gaxhardt Tierpark/Pfauengarten
    Nuremburg Zoo
     
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  14. evilmonkey239

    evilmonkey239 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I visited a total of five zoos and had eight zoo visits:

    1. Detroit (3 times)
    2. Binder Park
    3. Toledo (2 times)
    4. Cleveland Metroparks
    5. Prospect Park
     
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  15. Unenlagia90

    Unenlagia90 Well-Known Member

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    China
    Chengdu Panda Base, Shenzhen Safari Park and some other mini-zoos in resorts.
     
  16. Shirokuma

    Shirokuma Well-Known Member

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    I missed one out so 9 zoos and 6 new having visited Slottskogen in Gothenburg too.
     
  17. Brum

    Brum Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Because I'm bored and I've only just realised I didn't actually put down a full list here it is -

    Dudley - 14/04 & 15/09
    Birmingham WCP - 22/04, 06/09 & 11/12
    Hoo Zoo - 27/05
    Hamerton - 30/06 & 04/11
    Whipsnade - 09/07
    Chew Valley - 10/07
    Bristol - 10/07
    Wild Place -10/07
    Chester - 23/07 & 19/08
    Exmoor - 01/08
    Tropiquaria - 01/08
    Twycross - 12/08
    Tropical Birdland (Desford) - 12/08
    Yorkshire - 21/08
    West Mid's Safari Park - 22/09
    Birdland (Bourton On The Water) - 06/10
    Cotswold - 6/10
    Johnson's - 04/11
    Exotic Zoo - 25/11
    Crocodiles Of The World - 15/12
    All Things Wild - 15/12

    Here's hoping 2022 can top that, especially since I've got an extra four months to fit in zoo visits this year! ;)
     
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  18. Jambi

    Jambi Well-Known Member

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    I got to seven in total, five zoos and two aquariums. Most of them were places I had been to at least once before, but one was a first-time visit.
     
  19. pangolin12

    pangolin12 Well-Known Member Premium Member 5+ year member

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    My number for 2021 was 82 zoo visits, with 71 different collections.
    They are as follows in chronological order:
    1. Hamerton zoo (6 visits)
    2. Yorkshire wildlife park (4 visits)
    3. Twycross zoo (2 visits)
    4. Shepreth wildlife park
    5. Linton zoo
    6. Jimmy’s farm
    7. Suffolk owl sanctuary
    8. Abbey gardens
    9. Colchester zoo
    10. Clacton pier seaquarium
    11. Salvation Army Hadleigh rare breeds farm
    12. Sea life adventure
    13. Barleylands farm
    14. Paradise wildlife park
    15. Johnsons of Old Hurst (2 visits)
    16. Woodside wildlife park (2 visits)
    17. Logan fish pond
    18. C&J’s animal park
    19. Belfast zoo
    20. Exploris aquarium
    21. WWT Castle Espie
    22. Ward park aviaries
    23. World of owls
    24. Tropical world Alcorns
    25. Wild Ireland
    26. Dublin Zoo
    27. Burren birds of prey centre
    28. Galway Atlantaquaria
    29. Ardmore open farm
    30. Fota wildlife park
    31. Wild encounters mini zoo
    32. Dingle Oceanworld
    33. Secret valley wildlife park
    34. National reptile zoo
    35. Tayto park
    36. Shepherds place farm
    37. Messingham zoo
    38. Deep sea world
    39. Edinburgh zoo
    40. Chester zoo (2 visits)
    41. WWT Slimbridge
    42. Bristol zoo
    43. The deep
    44. West park aviaries
    45. Wildplace project
    46. Manor wildlife park
    47. Dr. Beynon’s bug farm
    48. Margam country park
    49. Poundffald farm
    50. British bird of prey centre at National Botanic gardens of Wales
    51. Borth zoo
    52. Magic of life butterfly house
    53. Gigrin farm
    54. Plantasia
    55. WWT Llanelli
    56. Pen y Cae inn
    57. Perriswood falconry centre
    58. Welsh owl garden
    59. Folly farm
    60. Birmingham wildlife conservation centre
    61. Tropical birdland
    62. Bridlington animal park
    63. Sewerby zoo
    64. Dudley zoo
    65. Pensthorpe natural park
    66. Church farm rare breeds centre
    67. SEA LIFE Hunstanton
    68. Melsop farm park
    69. Amazona zoo
    70. Roarr! Dinosaur adventure
    71. Thrigby hall zoo gardens
     
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  20. Giant Eland

    Giant Eland Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    An interesting question I hadn't thought about much yet. Turns out I ended the year with a fairly small zoo number, but mostly because I've been devoting so much more time out in the wild. Ended up with a unique mix and nothing I've visited more than once before.

    1. Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre
    2. Kavumba Recreation Center
    3. CTC Conservation Center
    4. Arizona Sonora Desert Museum - 2nd Visit
    5. Reid Park Zoo
    6. Centro de Primatologia do Rio de Janeiro - 2 Visits
    7. Parque Zoológico Municipal Quinzinho de Barros - 2nd Visit
    8. Nucleo de Pesquisa e Conservação de Cervídeos
    9. Turtle Back Zoo
    10. Pennsylvania Bat Rescue
    11. Bergen County Zoo
    12. Parque Municipal Summit
    13. Buin Zoo