How many zoos have you visited? (poll 2)

We managed to add a few more to the list in the past 3 weeks.

UK
23. Hemsley Conservation Center
24. Wingham Wildlife Park
25. Howletts Wildlife Park & Conservation
26. Fenn Bell Conservation Project
27. Port Lympne Sarari Park & Wild Animal Reserve
28. Hoo Zoo & Dinosaur World

 

United States:
Alaska:
Alaska Zoo
Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
California:
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Safari Park
Los Angeles Zoo
San Francisco Zoo
Safari West
Sea World San Diego
Monterrey Bay Aquarium
Aquarium of the Pacific
Florida:
Busch Gardens Tampa
Sea World Orlando
Kentucky:
Newport Aquarium
Maryland:
Salisbury County Zoo
New Jersey:
Cape May County Zoo
Adventure Aquarium
New York:
Central Park Zoo
Buffalo Zoo
Ohio:
Columbus Zoo
Cleveland Zoo
Cincinnati Zoo
The Wilds
Pennsylvania:
Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium
Philadelphia Zoo
Erie Zoo
Keystone Safari
Living Treasures Wildlife Park (Laurel Highlands)
Living Treasures Wildlife Park (Morraine)
Wolf Sanctuary of PA
South Park Game Reserve (not really a zoo, but they keep bison and a couple other things)
National Aviary
Shaver's Creek Environmental Center
Texas:
Houston Zoo
San Antonio Zoo
Dallas Zoo
West Virginia:
Oglebay Good Zoo
District of Columbia:
Smithsonian National Zoo

Canada:
Safari Niagara
Bird Kingdom

UK:
London Zoo

There are probably more that I have forgotten, I did not keep track of facilities I visited until fairly recently.

 

Just added Tallinn zoo to my list! So now I’m at thirteen total.

 

I'm at 78

Kansas
1. Wright Park Zoo
2. Lee Richardson Zoo
3. Hutchinson Zoo
4. Sedgwick Co. Zoo

Missouri
5. Kansas City Zoo

Nebraska
6. Henry Doorly Zoo

Colorado
7. Denver Zoo
8.Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

New Mexico
9. Albuquerque BioParc & Aquarium
10. Rattlesnake Museum

Louisiana
11. Audubon Zoo
12. Zoosiana
13. Baton Rouge Zoo

Georgia
14. Atlanta Zoo
15. Georgia Aquarium
16. Chehaw Park Zoo

South Carolina
17. Riverbanks Zoo

Washington D.C.
18. National Zoo

Maryland
19. National Aquarium

Pennsylvania
20. Philadelphia Zoo
21. Elmwood Park Zoo

New Jersey
22. Adventure Aquarium

New York
23. Bronx Zoo
24. Queens Zoo
25. Staten Island Zoo
26. Prospect Park Zoo
27. Central Park Zoo

Ohio
28. Toledo Zoo
29. Columbus Zoo
30. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
31. Cincinnati Zoo

Michigan
32. Detroit Zoo

Illinois
33. Brookfield Zoo
34. Lincoln Park Zoo
35. Shedd Aquarium

California
36. Los Angeles Zoo
37. San Diego Zoo
38. SeaWorld San Diego
39. San Diego Safari Park
40. San Francisco Zoo
41. Oakland Zoo
42. Calif. Academy of Sciences and Aquarium
43. Aquarium of the Bay

Alabama
44. Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo

Texas
45. Dallas Zoo
46. Houston Zoo
47. Ft. Worth Zoo
48. Dallas World Aquarium

Florida
49. Zoo Tampa
50. Zoo Miami
51. Florida Aquarium
52. Busch Gardens
53. Flamingo Gardens
54. Naples Zoo
55. Shell Factory Nature Park
56. Everglades Wonder Gardëns
57. Monkey Jungle
58. Parrot Jungle
59. Frost Aquarium
60. Miami Seaquarium
61. Jungle Gardens
62. Lion Country Safari
63. Palm Beach Zoo
64. Brevard Zoo
65. Jacksonville Zoo
66. St. Augustine Alligator Zoo
67. SeaWorld Orlando
68. Central Florida Zoo


Mexico
69. Parque de Aragon Zoo
70. Zoologico los Coyotes
71. Chapultepec Zoo

Spain
72. Zoo Madrid and Aquarium

England
73. London Zoo

Netherlands
74. Rotterdam Zoo
75. Artis Zoo

Belgium
76. Antwerp Zoo

France
77. Paris Zoo
78. Menagerie du Jardin des Plantes

 

As I was thinking about it, I realized I forgot at least a couple of facilities, Reptile Gardens and Bear Country USA in South Dakota, and the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center in Montana. I also should have Included the Large Animal Research Station in Alaska. The Carnegie Science Center in Pennsylvania also keeps a small public collection of reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates. I have also been to the Hershey Park Zoo in Pennsylvania. This brings my total up to 46 facilities.

 

I’ve just visited five zoos in seven days, two in Switzerland (Basel and Zurich), one in France (Mulhouse) and two in England (Newquay and Axe Valley)

 

I also visited Basel and Zurich this year, it was the first time for me. Did you visit the small bird house in Zurich? It's not very big but a nice addition to a park.

 

Okay, so I was waiting for the end of the year to revisit this post but seeing as there doesn't seem to be a possibility for me to visit a new zoo at this point so I may as well update my list.

Bold, italicized, and underlined zoos are new visits since my last update and the two placs that was on the back of my memory for the longest time

Turkey (9 or 10)
Ataturk Forest Farm Zoo
Darica/Faruk Yalcin Zoo
Izmir Wildlife Park
Bursa Zoo
Gaziantep Zoo
Istanbul aquarium
Eskisehir Zoo
SeaLife Istanbul (back when it was TurkuaZoo) (one of the places that I forgot)
Samsun Municipality zoo (this is the other one I had lost on the back of mind probably because of how worse it was than AFFZ)

As I previously said, I also went to some crappy place under a shopping mall with an aquarium, some reptiles and some small/medium mammals. I don't know if it would count or if I should hold back on this one.

USA (13)
Bronx Zoo
Queens Zoo
Central Park Zoo
Prospect Park Zoo
New York Aquarium
Mystic Aquarium
SeaWrold Orlando
Brevard Zoo
Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo
ZooTampa of Lowry Park
Jacksonville Zoo
St. Augustine Alligator Farm
Turtleback Zoo

Japan (9)
Ueno Zoo
Tama Zoo
Kobe animal Kingdom
Kobe City Oji Zoo
Suma Aquarium
Himeji Central Park
Osaka Kaiyukan Aquarium
Tennoji Zoo
Nagasaki Biopark

France (1)
Menagerie du Jardin Du Plantes (too bad that I was 6 years old and too dumb to know what a Pondicherry vulture, and urial is to appreciate them. Plus, my family skipped the a lot of exhibits)

Germany (6)
Cologne zoo.
Berlin Zoological park
Tierpark Berlin
Zoo Leipzig
Zoo Wuppertal
Zoo Frankfurt

Netherlands (5)
Artis (I filled out my ABC list there)
Burgers Zoo
Apenheul
Diergarten Bijdorp
Derenpark Zie-Zoo

Czechia (2)
Prague Zoo
Zoo Plzen

Belgium (2)
Zoo Antwerp
Pairi Daiza

Austria (1)
Tiergarten Shönbrunn

Hungary (1)
Budapest Zoo

So that is 49 or 50 zoos I have visited. I was hesitant to bring up Samsun and TurkuaZoo since I fail to remember and mention them for the longest time. And since I am still hessitant to consider the shopping mall zoo I mentioned as one I won't change my rank until I wisit a new zoo which is likely to be next year.

 

I don’t recall a small bird house specifically, unless it was part of the complex that also had penguins. Intriguingly, Red and White Crake was signed but I didn’t manage to see it/them. Zootierliste shows Zurich as one of only four European collections with the species.

 

Sorry, I meant the bird house situated in one of the parks in Zurich

Zurich Aviary and Bird Sanctuary

It was the kind of birdhouse you might find in an older zoo and had a small but interesting collection of birds.

I missed the crake, don't even remember seeing them signed, but very much enjoyed the exotarium.

 

Looks nice, might try that next time I’m in Switzerland.

 

I guess the most interesting specimens would be the two sandpiper species - were they visible when you visited?

 

Unfortunately not. I spent a lot of time going back and forth between indoor and outdoor aviaries, I could have easily missed them if they were there. I squeezed this place in after a visit to Goldau earlier in the day.

 

My current count:

1. Longleat Safari Park
2. London SeaLife Centre
3. Isle of Wight Zoo
4. Amazon World
5. Birdworld
6. Newport Owl and Monkey Haven
7. Isle of Wight Reptilarium
8. Monkey World
9. Chessington Zoo
10. Lakeview Monkey Sanctuary
11. Trentham Monkey Forest
12. Drusilla’s Park
13. New Forest Wildlife Park
14. London Zoo
15. Accra Zoo (Ghana)
16. Kumasi Zoo (Ghana)
17. Marwell Zoo
18. Brighton SeaLife Centre
19. British Wildlife Centre
20. Hemsley Conservation Centre

Hoping to hit 21 tomorrow.

 

UPDATE: (10/2022)

Zoos:
ARTIS Amsterdam Zoo
AquaZoo Friesland
Beardsley Zoo
Bergen County Zoological Park
Bronx Zoo
Buttonwood Park Zoo
Capron Park Zoo
Central Park Zoo
Cologne Zoo
Elmwood Park Zoo
Franklin Park Zoo
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
Metro Richmond Zoo
Pairi Daiza
Planckendael
Philadelphia Zoo
Roger Williams Park Zoo
Rotterdam Zoo (Blijdorp)
Seneca Park Zoo
Smithsonian National Zoo
Stone Zoo
Turtle Back Zoo
Zoo Antwerpen
ZooAmerica
ZooTampa
Total: 25

Aquariums:
Alaska SeaLife Center
Atlantic Sea-Park
Bergen Aquarium
Clearwater Marine Aquarium
Georgia Aquarium
Florida Aquarium
National Aquarium (Baltimore)
National Aquarium (DC - closed)
New England Aquarium
New York Aquarium
Total: 10

Theme Parks:
Busch Gardens Tampa
Discovery Cove
Disney's Animal Kingdom
The Seas with Nemo and Friends
SeaWorld Orlando
Total: 5

Museums:
Calvert Marine Museum
ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
EcoTarium
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
Total: 4

Total: 44

 

Hungary:
Budapest Zoo
Margitszigeti Kisállatkert
Budakeszi Wildpark
Tropicarium Campona
Monster Fish Private Zoo
Szeged Zoo
Debrecen Zoo
Nyíregyházi Állatpark (Sóstó Zoo)
Veszprém Zoo
Győr Zoo
Pécs Zoo
Jászberény Zoo
Kecskemét Zoo
Miskolc Zoo
Pusztai Állatpark
Ecocenter Poroszló
Hortobágy Wildpark
Körösvölgyi Állatpark (Szarvas Zoo)

Austria:
Schönbrunn Zoo

Hope I'll be able to visit my second zoo outside of Hungary next week (Dublin Zoo), which would be the 20th insitution I've visited.

 

I’ve been to thirteen zoos this year

 

Texas:
San Antonio Zoo
Waco/Cameron Park Zoo
Fort Worth Zoo
Houston Zoo
Dallas Zoo
Dallas World Aquarium
Austin Aquarium
Houston Downtown Aquarium(Was young so I don't remember it very well)
SeaWorld: San Antonio(Was young so I don't remember it very well)
Snake Farm Zoo(Don't remember it very well)

Florida:
Palm Beach Zoo
Zoo Miami
Santa Fe Teaching Zoo
Naples Zoo
Brevard Zoo
Gatorland(Was young so I don't remember it very well)
Disney's Animal Kingdom(Was young so I don't remember it very well)
SeaWorld: Orlando(Was young so I don't remember it very well)
Sea-Life Orlando

Costa Rica:
ZooAve
Monteverde Herpetarium and Sloth Encounter

England:
Twycross Zoo(Was young so I don't remember it very well)
others but I was a baby so I don't count them

Canada:
Calgary Zoo(Was really young so I don't remember it at all, so I don't count it)

 

Hopefully I've remembered everything! 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 (108):
3 Palms Zoo (Clayton, DE)
Action Wildlife (Goshen, CT)
Adventure Aquarium (Camden, NJ)
Animal Adventure Park (Harpursville, NY)
Animal Adventures Family Zoo (Bolton, MA)
Aquarium du Quebec (Quebec, QC)
Audubon Society of RI Nature Center & Aquarium (Bristol, RI)
Barn Hill Preserve (Frankford, DE)
Bays Mountain Park & Planetarium (Kingsport, TN)
Bear Mountain Trailside Museums & Zoo (Tomkins Cove, NY)
Beavertail State Park Aquarium (Jamestown, RI)
Bergen County Zoo (Paramus, NJ)
Biodome (Montreal, QC)
Biomes Marine Biology Center (North Kingstown, RI)
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)
Children’s Museum (West Hartford, CT)
Cincinnati Zoo (Cincinnati, OH)
Claws N Paws (Lake Ariel, PA)
Cohanzick Zoo (Bridgeton, NJ)
Columbus Zoo & Aquarium (Powell, OH)
Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo (Bridgeport, CT)
Creation Kingdom Zoo (Gate City, VA)
Dallas World Aquarium (Dallas, TX)
Dallas Zoo (Dallas, TX)
Delmarva Discovery Museum (Pocomoke City, MD)
Denver Aquarium (Denver, CO)
Ecomuseum Zoo (Montreal, QC)
Ecotarium (Worcester, MA)
Electric City Aquarium & Reptile Den (Scranton, PA)
Elmwood Park Zoo (Norristown, PA)
Familizoo (Saint-Calixte, QC)
Fort Worth Zoo (Forth Worth, TX)
Franklin Park Zoo (Boston, MA)
Hovatter’s Wildlife Zoo (Kingwood, WV)
Jenkinson's Aquarium (Point Pleasant Beach, NJ)
Johnson Park Animal Haven (Piscataway, NJ)
Kentucky Reptile Zoo (Slade, KY)
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)
Louisville Zoo (Louisville, KY)
Lupa Zoo (Ludlow, MA)
Luray Zoo (Luray, VA)
Maine Wildlife Park (Gray, NH)
Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk (Norwalk, CT)
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore (Baltimore, MD)
Maymont (Richmond, VA)
Metro Richmond Zoo (Mosley, VA)
Miller Zoo (Frampton, QC)
Musee du Fjord (Saguenay, QC)
Museum of Science (Boston, MA)
Mystic Aquarium (Mystic, CT)
Nashville Zoo (Nashville, TN)
National Aquarium (Baltimore, MD)
Natural Bridge Zoo (Natural Bridge, VA)
New England Aquarium (Boston, MA)
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo (Omaha, NE)
Oregon Zoo (Portland, OR)
Parc Safari (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, QC)
Philadelphia Insectarium (Philadelphia, PA)
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)
Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy (Litchfield, CT)
Riverside Reptiles Education Center (Enfield, CT)
Roer’s Zoofari (Vienna, VA)
Roger Williams Park Zoo (Providence, RI)
Rosamond Gifford Zoo (Syracuse, NY)
Salato Wildlife Education Center (Frankfort, KY)
Salisbury Zoo (Salisbury, MD)
Save The Bay Exploration Center & Aquarium (Newport, RI)
SeaQuest Woodbridge (Woodbridge, NJ)
Six Flags Great Adventure (Jackson, NJ)
Smithsonian Zoo (Washington, D.C.)
Southwick's Zoo (Mendon, MA)
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center (Holderness, NH)
Staten Island Zoo (Staten Island, NY)
Stone Zoo (Stoneham, MA)
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)
West Virginia State Wildlife Center (French Creek, WV)
Wild Animal Park (Chittenango, NY)
Wildlife Safari (Winston, OR)
ZooAmerica (Hershey, PA)
Zoo Animalia (Saint-Édouard-de-Maskinongé, QC)
Zoo in Forest Park (Springfield, MA)
Zoo Sauvage de Saint-Felicien (Saint-Félicien, QC)

Places I remember fairly well (7):
Cotswolds Zoo (Burford UK)
Disney’s Animal Kingdom (Orlando, FL)
Longleat (Warminster UK)
Marineland Canada (Niagara Falls, ON)
National Aquarium (Washington, D.C.)
SeaWorld Orlando (Orlando, FL)
Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay (Las Vegas, NV) (forgot to put on here in the past!)

Places I vaguely remember (5):
Bournemouth Oceanarium (Bournemouth UK)
Bristol Zoo (Bristol UK)
London Aquarium (London UK)
London Zoo (London UK)
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)