How many zoos have you visited? (poll 2)

Year-end update for me. Bold are new, italics are ones that got moved up thanks to recent visits.Underlined are re-visits from this year.

Places I visited within the last decade or so (67):
3 Palms Zoo (Clayton, DE)
Adventure Aquarium (Camden, NJ)
Animal Adventure Park (Harpursville, NY)
Barn Hill Preserve (Frankford, DE)
Bear Mountain Trailside Museums & Zoo (Tomkins Cove, NY)
Bergen County Zoo (Paramus, NJ)
Brandywine Zoo (Wilmington, DE)
Briarwood Ranch Safari Park (Bybee, TN)
Brights Zoo (Limestone, TN)
Bronx Zoo (NY, NY)
Cape May County Park & Zoo (Cape May Court House, NJ)
Catoctin Wildlife Preserve (Thurmont, MD)
Central Park Zoo (Manhattan, NY)
Claws N Paws (Lake Ariel, PA)
Cohanzick Zoo (Bridgeton, NJ)
Columbus Zoo & Aquarium (Powell, OH)
Dallas World Aquarium (Dallas, TX)
Dallas Zoo (Dallas, TX)
Denver Aquarium (Denver, CO)
Electric City Aquarium & Reptile Den (Scranton, PA)
Elmwood Park Zoo (Norristown, PA)
Fort Worth Zoo (Forth Worth, TX)
Jenkinson's Aquarium (Point Pleasant Beach, NJ) (Went there as a kid, but it wasn't on this list at all and I don't remember it so I'm counting it as new)
Johnson Park Animal Haven (Piscataway, NJ)
Keystone Safari (Grove City, PA)
Lee Simmons Wildlife Safari Park (Ashland, NE)
Leesburg Animal Park (Leesburg, VA)
Lehigh Valley Zoo (Allentown, PA)
Living Treasures Laurel Highlands (Jones Mills, PA)
Living Treasures Moraine (New Castle, PA)
Long Island Aquarium (Riverhead, NY)
Luray Zoo (Luray, VA)
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore (Baltimore, MD)
Maymont (Richmond, VA)
Metro Richmond Zoo (Mosley, VA)
Mystic Aquarium (Mystic, CT)
National Aquarium (Baltimore, MD)
Natural Bridge Zoo (Natural Bridge, VA)
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo (Omaha, NE)
Oregon Zoo (Portland, OR)
Philadelphia Zoo (Philadelphia, PA)
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium (Pittsburgh, PA)
Plumpton Park Zoo (Rising Sun, MD)
Pocono Snake & Animal Farm (East Stroudsburg, PA)
Popcorn Park Zoo (Forked River, NJ)
Rainforest Adventures (Sevierville, TN)
Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies (Gatlinburg, TN)
Roer’s Zoofari (Vienna, VA)
Rosamond Gifford Zoo (Syracuse, NY)
Salisbury Zoo (Salisbury, MD)
SeaQuest Woodbridge (Woodbridge, NJ)
SeaWorld Orlando (Orlando, FL)
Six Flags Great Adventure (Jackson, NJ)
Smithsonian Zoo (Washington, D.C.)
Staten Island Zoo (Staten Island, NY)
Thompson Park Animal Haven (Monroe, NJ)
Toronto Zoo (Toronto, ON)
Turtle Back Zoo (Orange, NJ)
Upper Schuylkill Valley Park (Royersford, PA)
Virginia Aquarium (VA Beach, VA)
Virginia Living Museum (Newport News, VA)
Virginia Safari Park (Natural Bridge, VA)
Virginia Zoo (Norfolk, PA)
Waterloo Park (Waterloo, ON)
Wild Animal Park (Chittenango, NY)
Wildlife Safari (Winston, OR)
ZooAmerica (Hershey, PA)

Places I remember fairly well (6):
Animal Kingdom (Orlando, FL)
Beardsley Zoo (Bridgeport, CT)
Cotswolds Zoo (Burford UK)
Longleat (Warminster UK)
Marineland Canada (Niagara Falls, ON)
National Aquarium (Washington, D.C.)

Places I vaguely remember (6):
Bournemouth Oceanarium (Bournemouth UK)
Bristol Zoo (Bristol UK)
London Aquarium (London UK)
London Zoo (London UK)
Southwick's Zoo (Mendon, MA)
Windsor Wildlife Park (Windsor, UK)

Places I don't remember at all (6):
Beale Park (Reading UK)
Birdland Park (Bourton-on-the-Water, UK)
Bournemouth Parks & Gardens (Bournemouth UK)
Chessington Zoo (Chessington UK)
Marwell Zoo (Winchester UK)
Paultons Park (Romsey UK)

 

Nov/Dec 2021
114 Hoo Zoo
115 Rutland Zoo
116 Barleylands

 

Time for a little update...

Big Zoos:

Tierpark Hagenbeck (last visit 2004)
Zoo Leipzig (last visit 2021)
Tiergarten Nürnberg (last visit 2008)
Tierpark Hellabrunn (last visit 2009)
Zoo Zürich (last visit 2017)
Tiergarten Schönbrunn (last visit 2018)
Zoo Dortmund (last visit 2020)
Zoo Berlin (last visit 2021)
Tierpark Berlin-Friedrichsfelde (last visit 2021)
Zoo Magdeburg (first visit 2021)

10 institutions

Wildparks and small zoos

Tierpark Gettorf (questionable, possible visit 2001)
Columbus-Park Weißenhäuser Strand (last visit 2001, now closed)
Wildpark Poing (last visit 2003)
Tiergehege Naturpark Bayrischer Wald (last visit 2005)
Wildpark Rosegg (last visit 2005)
Parco Villa Pallavicino Stresa (last visit 2010)
Westküstenpark St. Peter-Ording (last visit 2020)
Maroparque Santa Cruz de la Palma (last visit 2018)
Heimattiergarten Fürstenwalde (last visit 2020)
Tier- und Freizeitpark Eichholz (first visit 2021)
Skansen Zoo (first Visit 2021)

11 institutions

Specialist collections

Seehundstation Friedrichskoog (last visit 2000ish)
Vogelpark Abensberg (last visit 2002ish)
Eselpark Nessendorf (last visit 2002)
Reptilienzoo Nockalm (last visit 2005)
Reptilienzoo Happ Klagenfurt (last visit 2005)
SeaLife Berlin (last visit 2007)
Meereszentrum Burg/Fehmarn (last visit 2009ish)
Multimar Wattforum Tönning (last visit 2010ish)
Wildkatzenzentrum Felidae (last visit 2020)
Skansen Akvariet (first visit 2021)

10 institutions

(Amusement) Parks/Malls with animals in them (all logged at ZTL)

Stadtpark Erding (last visit 2006ish)
Affenberg Kintzheim (last visit 2008)
Tolk-Schau (last visit 2009ish)
Bayern-Park Reisbach (last visit 2010ish)
Lainzer Tiergarten (last visit 2018)
Wildgehege Rehberge (last visit 2020)
Wildgehege Hasenheide (last visit 2021)
Voliere Kanzler-Eck (last visit 2021)
Wildgehege Spandau (first visit 2021)
BUGA Park Britz (first visit 2021)

10 institutions

This brings the total in the widest sense to 41 with 11 institutions visited in 2021, up from 8 in 2020. Maybe 2022 will bring my first "real" zoo tour.

 

I had not realised how many zoo's I have visited until I looked back at my photo albums to count them. 21 in total and all in the UK.

ZSL London
ZSL Whipsnade
Birdworld
Chessington (when it was a Safari Park)
Marwell
Newquay Zoo
Amazon Wildlife Zoo on IoW
Wildheart Animal Sanctuary on IoW
Seaview Wildlife on IoW
Chester Zoo
Colchester Zoo
Bristol Zoo
Birdworld
Birdland
Hamerton Zoo
British Wildlife Centre
Cotswold Wildlife Park
Beale Wildlife Park
Longleat Safari Park
Paradise Wildlife Park
Hawk Conservancy

 

Visited Reaseheath zoo today, and added 32 new species to my photos

 

226 AZA Accredited
59 US Zoos and Aquariums - Non AZA
49 WAZA Zoos and Aquariums - Non AZA
48 Non - WAZA International Zoos and Aqquriums

Total 383 and still going!

 

I have 23 Zoos/Aquariums under my belt. I'm not counting institutions I have visited that are no primarily zoos/aquariums and feature only a small animal collection (such as Busch Gardens Williamsburg).

Year of first visit is listed. Institutions that I have visited multiple times are italicized and the year listed is the year of my most recent visit.

*A few of these facilities are ones that I visited as a kid, long before I became a zoo enthusiast, and have yet to revisit. I do not have photos or memorabilia of these visits, so I have to go off of memory. I grew up in NY before moving to NC, so I can only give a general estimates/ranges of the year I visited these facilities.

The seven Florida facilities listed below were just visited this week. I just got back from a vacation in Florida where I visited 7 facilities in 7 days.

AZA

• *Aquarium of the Americas (Nov 2003)
  
• *Baltimore Aquarium (1995-2004)
  
• *Bronx Zoo (1995-2004)
• Disney's Animal Kingdom (2022)
• Florida Aquarium (2022)
• Georgia Aquarium (2006)(was during its first year of operation, so I got to see the now-gone outdoor Sea Lion and Georgia Explorer exhibits)
  
• Greensboro Science Center (2021)
• Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center (2021)
• Jacksonville Zoo (2022)
• Museum of Life and Sciences (2021)
• *New York Aquarium (1995-2004)
• North Carolina Zoo (2019)
• Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo (2017)
  
• Ripley's Aquarium at Myrtle Beach (2018)
• SeaLife Charlotte-Concord (2021)
• SeaLife Orlando (2022)
• SeaWorld Orlando (2022)
• ZooTampa (2022)

Non-AZA

• Gatorland (2022)
• *Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition Center (2000-2004; back when it was named Atlantis Marine World)
• *Long Island Reptile Museum (1995-2004; apparently this facility did not last long and closed the year I moved away. Further reading: https://www.researchgate.net/public...ed_reptile_zoo_The_Long_Island_Reptile_Museum)
• North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (2021)(I'm counting this one as they have a significant live animal collection)
• Triangle Metro Zoo (2004 or 2005; closed in 2006)

I also recall visiting some small zoo on Long Island back in the late 1990s/Early 2000s as a kid during a field trip; it focused mainly on NA wildlife and I recall them having Bison, Turkeys,and Cougars among others I do not remember. I am not counting it as I do not recall the name, unless anyone has an idea.

 

Long Island Game Farm possibly?

 

Wow! So impressive!! I’m closing in on 300 (273).

Do you keep a list that you could hopefully post?

Also do you keep track of number of species seen? My interest specifically is mammals.

 

No, I don't keep a species list although that would have been interesting since many species I saw in the 70s are not in collections now. I also count any institution with any colleection of wildlife, such as nature centers.

 

Welcome to Zoochat by the way!

Ah yes I've heard people talk wistfully of the species diversity in zoos in the 70s. Have many photos from then? What gems do you remember? Were you visiting Europe and USA at that time?

How about a list of the 383 zoos you've been to?

 

I just realized that I forgot to mention Nagasaki Biopark and South Caroline Aquarium in my original list.

 

That could be it, or at least the most likely candidate. But as I will never be able to confirm for sure what that facility was, so I am leaving it off.

 

The zoos I've visited so far are as follows:

• Sacramento (home zoo)
• Oakland
• San Francisco
• Fresno Chaffee
• Zoo Miami (2019)
• Brookfield (09/2021)
• Lincoln Park (09/2021)
• Los Angeles (11/2021)
• BOTH San Diego Zoo Safari Park and San Diego Zoo (12/10 and 11 / 2021)
• Zoo Atlanta (01/2022)

I'm hoping to go to Safari West this year and I may possibly visit Zoo Tampa if my finances for traveling are in order.

Outside of birds, I LOVE African bush elephants, and I would like to visit every zoo that keeps them and record the birds kept at those zoos.

Definitely on my itinerary is both the Dallas Zoo and Dallas World Aquarium (the latter because I have a soft spot for birds of the Neotropic, and they have the largest collection that I'm aware of in the United States).

 

Well I’m unable to update the poll, but I have finally reached into the 25-49 category. The list now consists of 26 total zoos and Aquariums, 8 aquariums and 18 zoos.

Michigan

• Detroit Zoo
• Potter Park Zoo (New, July 2021)
• Roscommon Zoo
• SeaLife Michigan
• The Reptarium
• Wild Wonders Wildlife Park

Ohio

• Toledo Zoo
• Greater Cleveland Aquarium
• Cleveland Metroparks zoo
• Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
• Cincinnati Zoo

Illinois

• Lincoln Park Zoo
• Shedd Aquarium

Tennessee

• Nashville Zoo
• Ripleys Aquarium of the Smokies

South Dakota

• Reptile Gardens
• Bear Country USA

North Carolina

• North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island

Florida

• Disneys Animal Kingdom
• The Seas Pavilion at EPCOT
• SeaWorld Orlando

Georgia

• Georgia Aquarium (New, March 2022)
• Zoo Atlanta (New, March 2022)

New York

• Central Park Zoo

Hawaii

• Honolulu Zoo (New, August 2021)

Bahamas

• Arstada Zoo and Botanical Gardens

 

So far in my life, I have visited 18 different zoological facilities:

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge
Indianapolis Zoo
Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa
Knoxville Zoo
Louisville Zoo
Metro Richmond Zoo
Mote Marine Aquarium
Newport Aquarium
Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies
Smithsonian National Zoo
South Carolina Aquarium
The Seas with Nemo and Friends
The Wilds
Western North Carolina Nature Center
Zoo Tampa

 

Updated list from my recent trips to Florida and South Africa

United States of America

Alabama
1. Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo (2016)

California
2. San Diego Zoo (2019)
3. San Diego Zoo Safari Park (2019)

Florida
4. Disney’s Animal Kingdom (2009, 2018)
5. Gulf Breeze Zoo (2016)
6. Animal Kingdom Lodge (2018)
7. The Seas with Nemo and Friends (2018)
8. Shell Factory & Nature Park (2022)
9. Bailey-Mathews National Shell Museum (2022)
10. C.R.O.W (2022)

Hawaii
11. Pana’ewa Rainforest Zoo (2014)
12. Waikiki Aquarium (2014)

Illinois
13. Brookfield Zoo (2015)

Iowa
14. Blank Park Zoo (2020)

Massachusetts
15. Cape Cod Museum of Natural History (many times)

Minnesota
16. Como Park Zoo & Conservatory (many times)
17. Minnesota Zoo (many, many times)
18. SeaLife Minnesota (many times)
19. Lake Superior Zoo (many times)
20. Gabbert’s Raptor Center
21. Richardson Nature Center (many times)
22. Great Lakes Aquarium (2018, 2019, 2020)
23. Bell Museum (many times)
24. Oxbow Park & Zollman Zoo (2019, 2020)
25. Safari North Wildlife Park (2021)
26. Hemker Park & Zoo (2021)
27. Pine Grove Zoo (2021)
28. Wood Lake Nature Center (many times)
29. Westwood Hills Nature Center (2021)

Michigan
30. Detroit Zoo (2019)

Missouri
31. Saint Louis Zoo (2016)

Nebraska
32. Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (2016, 2021)

Ohio
33. Columbus Zoo & Aquarium

South Dakota
34. Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History

Texas
35. Dallas Zoo (many times)

Washington D.C.
36. Smithsonian National Zoo (2016, 2017, 2018)

Wisconsin
37. Milwaukee County Zoo (2017)
38. Fawn-Doe-Rosa Wildlife Education Park (2019)

South Africa

KwaZulu-Natal
39. Umengi River Bird Park (2022)
40. uShaka Sea World (2022)
41. uShaka Dangerous Creatures (2022)
42. Mitchell Park Zoo (2022)

Western Cape
43. Two Oceans Aquarium (2022)
44. World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary & Monkey Park (2022)

 

Updated list:

UK:
London Zoo
Whipsnade Zoo
Longleat Safari
Edinburgh Zoo
Chessington
Sea Life London
British Wildlife Centre

SPAIN:
Madrid Zoo
Faunia
Possibly Barcelona Zoo (I was young and am not totally sure I ever got to visit)
Bioparc Valencia
Oceanografic

NORWAY:
Akvariet i Bergen

MEXICO:
Chapultepec Zoo

VENEZUELA:
Parque del Este Zoo

SINGAPORE:
Singapore Zoo
Night Safari Singapore

 

USA:
Arizona -

1. Odysea Aquarium
2. Phoenix Zoo
   
   Alaska -
3. Alaska Sea life Center
   
   California -
4. San Diego Zoo
5. San Diego Wild Animal Park
6. Birch Aquarium
7. Long Beach Aquarium
8. San Francisco Zoo
   
   Florida -
9. Zoo Tampa
10. Safari Wilderness
11. Disney's Animal Kingdom
12. Gulf Breeze Zoo
13. Gatorland
14. Gatorama
15. Wild Florida
16. Jacksonville Zoo
17. Zoo Miami (it was Miami Metro Zoo at the time)
18. Seaworld Orlando
19. Discovery Cove
20. Florida Aquarium
21. Clearwater Marine Aquarium
22. Tarpon Springs Aquarium (the old location)
23. Sarasota Jungle Gardens
24. Central Florida Zoo
25. Key West Aquarium
26. Lion Country Safari
    
    Georgia -
27. Georgia Aquarium
    
    Illinois -
28. Lincoln Park Zoo
    
    Louisiana -
29. Audubon Zoo
30. Audubon Aquarium of the America
    
    Massachusetts -
31. New England Aquarium
    
    Maine -
32. Maine State Aquarium
    
    New Jersey -
33. Adventure Aquarium
    
    North Carolina -
34. North Carolina Zoo
35. Grandfather Mountain
    
    Pennsylvania -
    
36. Philadelphia Zoo
    
    New York -
37. Long Island Aquarium
38. Central Park Zoo
    
    Tennessee -
39. Rainforest Adventures
    
    Texas -
40. Houston Aquarium
41. Dallas World Aquarium
42. Austin Nature and Science Center
    
    Washington -
43. Seattle Aquarium
    
    Washington DC -
44. National Zoo
    
    Canada:
45. Vancouver Aquarium
    
    United Kingdom:
46. London Zoo
    
    France:
47. Le Parc Zoologique de Paris
    
    Belgium:
48. Zoo Antwerpen
49. Aquatopia (now closed)
    
    Brazil:
50. Sao Paolo Zoo
    
    Thailand -
51. Tiger kingdom
    
    South Africa -
52. Hoedspruit Endangered Species Center

 

Hello, everyone. After a while since my last post on Zoochat, I can finally tell you guys I've finally joined the 25ers club! So, here's my updated list!
Zoos and Aquaria:
Brazil:
1. RioZoo/Bioparque do Rio (2007);
2. AquaRio (2016);
3. Zoo VR (2020);
4. Zoo SP (2011);
5. Zoo Safari (2011);
6. Aquário de São Paulo (2011);
7. Instituto Butantan (2012);
8. Projeto Selva Viva (2021);
9. Aquário de Aparecida (2013);
10. Zooparque Itatiba (2014);
11. Parque Zoológico Municipal Quinzinho de Barros (2016);
12. Aquário Municipal de Santos (2012);
13. Acqua Mundo (2014);
14. Fundação de Parques Municipais e Zoobotânica de Belo Horizonte (2020);
15. Zoológico Municipal de Curitiba (2015);
16. Parque das Aves (2015);
17. Beto Carrero World (2015);
18. Complexo Ambiental Cyro Gevaerd (2015);
19. Bioparque Zoo Pomerode (2021);
20. Parque Zoológico de Sapucaia do Sul (2021);
21. GramadoZoo (2021);
Portugal:
22. Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa (2018);
23. Oceanário de Lisboa (2018);
24. Zoo Santo Inácio (2018);
25. SEA LIFE Porto (2018);
Zoos and Aquaria at parks:
Brazil:
26. Parque da Água Branca (2013);
27. Passeio Público de Curitiba (2021);
Petting zoos:
Brazil:
28. Fazendinha Rio (2007);
29. Fazendinha Estação Natureza (2014);
30. O Fazendeiro (2021);
31. Anila Hotel e Restaurante (2015).