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How many zoos have you visited? (poll 2)

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How many zoological parks have you visited?

  1. 1-9

    57 vote(s)
    14.6%

  2. 10-24

    119 vote(s)
    30.5%

  3. 25-49

    75 vote(s)
    19.2%

  4. 50-99

    72 vote(s)
    18.5%

  5. 100-199

    42 vote(s)
    10.8%

  6. 200-299

    11 vote(s)
    2.8%

  7. 300 or more

    14 vote(s)
    3.6%
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  1. drill

    drill Well-Known Member

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    I have been there before. I got a great impression of it... in awfulness.
     
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  2. Daphne

    Daphne Well-Known Member

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    I thought I had been to some but definitely looking to go to more .
    Been to
    Nashville zoo
    Memphis zoo
    Tennessee aquarium
    Ripleys aqauariun (Gatliburgh TN)

    Louisville zoo
    St. Louis zoo
    Indianapolis zoo
    Toledo zoo
    Brookfield zoo (Chicago IL)
    Detroit zoo

    I am planning on seeing the Cincinnati and Columbus zoos next
     
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  3. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    87 (54 US). Southwick's Zoo
    88 (55 US). Lupa Zoo

    ~Thylo
     
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  4. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    So which zoo in Europe will be the 100th?
     
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  5. ThylacineAlive

    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Hadn't thought about that until now actually.

    Depending on whether or not a couple of "maybe" zoos actually get visited, it could be Magdeburg, Schönebeck, or Poznan Nowe.

    ~Thylo
     
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  6. pipaluk

    pipaluk Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Interesting, I am on a similar number to you, was looking at Leipzig for my next trip to Germany and was surprised how many zoos were easily reached . It may well be Magdeburg or Schoenebeck that are my 100th too!
     
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    TinoPup Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Forgot to include Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay (Las Vegas, NV).

    I've since added:
    Downtown Denver Aquarium (Denver, CO)
    Dallas World Aquarium (Dallas, TX)
    Dallas Zoo (Dallas, TX)
    Fort Worth Zoo (Fort Worth, TX)
    Maryland Zoo (Baltimore, MD)

    Bringing me to 41. Missed out on Houston Zoo because of some health issues that day :(
     
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  8. Anteaterman

    Anteaterman Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I have been to 13 zoos/aquariums (List is not alphabetical)
    1. Sacramento Zoo
    2. Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary
    3. Micke Grove Zoo
    4. Los Angeles Zoo
    5. San Diego Zoo
    6. San Diego Zoo Safari Park
    7. Oregon Zoo
    8. Honolulu Zoo
    9. Oregon Coast Aquarium
    10. Oakland Zoo
    11. Santa Monica Pier Aquarium
    12. San Francisco Zoo
    13. Monterey Bay Aquarium
     
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  9. drill

    drill Well-Known Member

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    163.
    1. St. Louis Zoo A
    2. Wildlife Prairie Park B+
    3. Miller Park Zoo A-
    4. Willowbrook Wildlife Center A
    5. Cosley Zoo A+
    6. Lords Park Zoo B+
    7. Azoosment Park B
    8. Philips Park Zoo B+
    9. Brookfield Zoo A
    10. Lincoln Park Zoo A+
    11. Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum A+
    12. Shedd Aquarium A+
    13. Ladd Arboretum B-
    14. Crabtree Nature Center A-
    15. Wildwood Nature Center A-
    16. Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center A
    17. Edward L. Ryerson Conservation Center B
    18. Fermilab A+
    19. Henson Robinson Zoo A-
    20. Niabi Zoo B+
    21. Wildlife Discovery Center A
    22. Peoria Zoo A-
    23. Summerfield Zoo C+
    24. The Grove A
    25. River Trail Nature Center B-
    26. Indian Boundary Park Zoo(Closed) B-
    27. Busse Woods Elk Pasture A+
    28. Lincoln Park Conservatory B
    29. Jo-Don Farms C-
    30. Milwaukee County Zoo A
    31. Mitchell Park Conservatory A+
    32. Bear Den Zoo F
    33. Racine Zoo A
    34. Shalom Wildlife Zoo A
    35. Timbavati Wildlife Park B
    36. Menominee Park Zoo B
    37. Animal Haven Zoo D
    38. Special Memories Zoo C-
    39. International Crane Foundation A
    40. NEW Zoo A+
    41. Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary A
    42. Henry Vilas Zoo A+
    43. Wildwood Zoo A
    44. Lincoln Park Zoo (Wisconsin) A-
    45. Bruemmer Park Zoo C+
    46. Washington Park Zoo B
    47. Potawatomi Zoo A
    48. Indianapolis Zoo A
    49. Maple Lane Animal Farm C-
    50. Black Pine Animal Sanctuary B
    51. Fort Wayne Children's Zoo A+
    52. Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park A
    53. John Ball Zoo A
    54. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary A+
    55. Binder Park Zoo A+
    56. Potter Park Zoo A
    57. DeYoung Family Zoo B
    58. Indian Creek Zoo D
    59. Toledo Zoo A+
    60. Cincinnati Zoo A
    61. Columbus Zoo A+
    62. Catoctin Zoo C
    63. MD Zoo A+
    64. National Aquarium A
    65. Salisbury Zoo A
    66. Plumpton Park Zoo F
    67. Delmarva Discovery Zoo A-
    68. Popcorn Park Zoo F
    69. Jenkinson's Aquarium A
    70. Adventure Aquarium A-
    71. Bergen County Zoo A+
    72. Cohanzick Zoo A
    73. Cape May County Park and Zoo A-
    74. Space Farms B
    75. Turtle Back Zoo A+
    76. Raptor Trust A+
    77. Seaport Aquarium D
    78. Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge A
    79. National Zoo A+
    80. Maymont A+
    81. Metro Richmond Zoo A-
    82. Three Lakes Park and Nature Center A
    83. Leesburg Animal Park B-
    84. Roer's Zoofari A-
    85. VA Safari Park A+
    86. VA Zoo A+
    87. VA Living Museum A+
    88. VA Aquarium A
    89. Bluebird Gap Farm B-
    90. Peninsula SPCA B
    91. Hunt Club Farm D
    92. Wilson's Wild Animal Park D
    93. Mill Mountain Zoo A
    94. Fort Chiswell Animal Park A
    95. Creation Kingdom Zoo C+
    96. Noah's Last Stop F
    97. Byrd Park A+
    98. Natural Bridge Zoo D
    99. Luray Zoo B
    100. Hidden Pond Nature Center A-
    101. Sandy Bottom Nature Park A
    102. Nauticus A+
    103. NC Zoo A
    104. Imagination Station Science and History Museum A-
    105. Sylvan Heights Bird Park A+
    106. Conservator's Center A
    107. It's A Zoo Life C+
    108. Duke Lemur Center A-
    109. Museum of Life and Science A+
    110. Greensboro Science Center A
    111. Tregembo Animal Park B
    112. NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher B+
    113. NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island A-
    114. NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores A+
    115. Kinston Nature Center A
    116. Walter L. Stasavitch Nature Center A-
    117. Dan Nicholas Park B
    118. Carolina Town and Country B-
    119. Zootastic= Zoo C- Safari A+
    120. Sea Life Charlotte-Concord A
    121. Discovery Place Nature A
    122. Discovery Place Science A+
    123. Lynnwood Park Zoo B+
    124. Possumwood Acres Wildlife Sanctuary A
    125. Tiger World A-
    126. Livermon Park and Mini-Zoo B+
    127. OBX Lizard Land A+
    128. NC Museum of Natural Sciences A
    129. Animal Edventures B-
    130. NC Estuarium A-
    131. Aloha Safari Zoo A-
    132. J Bayard Clark Nature Center A
    133. Latta Plantation Nature Center A
    134. Carolina Raptor Center A+
    135. Newport Aquarium A
    136. ZooAmerica A+
    137. National Aviary A
    138. Living Treasures Wild Animal Park (Jones Mill) C+
    139. Lehigh Valley Zoo A+
    140. Lake Tobias Wildlife Park A
    141. East Coast Exotic Animal Rescue C
    142. Philadelphia Zoo A
    143. Claws n Paws Wild Animal Park B+
    144. Pocono Snake and Animal Farm B+
    145. Ripley's Aquarium (Myrtle Beach) A-
    146. Waccatee Zoo C
    147. Alligator Adventure A
    148. Reptile Lagoon A+
    149. Brandywine Zoo A
    150. Killens Pond State Park Nature Center A
    151. DuPont Nature Center A+
    152. 3 Palms Zoo B
    153. Abbott's Mill Nature Center A
    154. Bronx Zoo A+
    155. Central Park Zoo A+
    156. Queens Zoo A+
    157. New York Aquarium A-
    158. Staten Island Zoo A
    159. Zoo Atlanta A+
    160. GA Aquarium A+
    161. Chattanooga Zoo A
    162. TN Aquarium A+
    163. Bright's Zoo A-
     
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  10. TeaLovingDave

    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    And now the third and final chunk of my Last Chance Saloon trip has taken place, allowing me to add a handful of extra collections to the list:


    Collections visited as of 13/09/2018: 134

    Austria: 1 collection

    Innsbruck Alpenzoo (first visited 2015)

    Belgium: 1 collection

    Antwerp Zoo (first visited 2018)

    Czech Republic: 6 collections

    AkvaTera Plzen (first visited 2017)
    Krokodýlí Zoo Praha (first visited 2017)
    Prague Zoo (first visited 2017)
    Zoo Jihlava (first visited 2017)
    Zoo Plzen (first visited 2017)
    Zoopark Chomutov (first visited 2017)

    Germany: 37 collections

    Aachener Tierpark (first visited 2018)
    AquaDom & SEALIFE Berlin (first visited 2018)
    Aquazoo Dusseldorf (first visited 2018)
    Biosphäre Potsdam (first visited 2018)
    Erlenbis-Zoo Hannover (first visited 2016)
    Klimahaus Bremerhavn (first visited 2016)
    Planten un Blomen (first visited 2016)
    TerraZoo Rheinberg (first visited 2018)
    Tiergarten Nurnberg (first visited 2015)
    Tiergarten Schönebeck (first visited 2018)
    Tierpark Berlin (first visited 2014)
    Tierpark Chemnitz (first visited 2018)
    Tierpark Hagenbeck (first visited 2016)
    Tierpark Hellabrunn (first visited 2015)
    Tropen-Aquarium Hagenbeck (first visited 2016)
    Vogelpark Niendorf (first visited 2016)
    Vogelpark Olching (first visited 2015)
    Weltvogelpark Walsrode (first visited 2016)
    Wildgehege Klovensteen (first visited 2016)
    Wildpark Connewitz (first visited 2018)
    Wildpark Grafenberger Wald (first visited 2018)
    Wildpark Schwartze-Berge (first visited 2016)
    Wilhelma (first visited 2015)
    Zoo am Meer (first visited 2016)
    Zoo-Aquarium Berlin (first visited 2014)
    Zoo Augsburg (first visited 2015)
    Zoo Berlin (first visited 2014)
    Zoo Dortmund (first visited 2018)
    Zoo Dresden (first visited 2018)
    Zoo Duisburg (first visited 2018)
    Zoo Frankfurt (first visited 2018)
    Zoo Halle (first visited 2018)
    Zoo Köln (first visited 2018)
    Zoo Krefeld (first visited 2018)
    Zoo Leipzig (first visited 2014)
    Zoo Magdeburg (first visited 2014)
    Zoo Wuppertal (first visited 2018)

    Netherlands: 6 collections

    BestZoo (first visited 2018)
    Burger's Zoo (first visited 2018)
    Dierenpark Amersfoort (first visited 2018)
    Dierenpark Zie-Zoo (first visited 2018)
    Diergaarde Blijdorp (first visited 2018)
    Natura Artis Magistra (first visited 2018)

    United Kingdom: 83 collections

    Amazon World Zoo Park (first visited 2013)
    Aquarium of the Lakes (first visited 2015)
    Battersea Park Children's Zoo (first visited 2017)
    Birdland Park and Gardens (first visited 2013)
    Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park (first visited 2011)
    Blackbrook Zoo (first visited 2013)
    Blackpool Zoo (first visited 2011)
    Bluereef Tynemouth (first visited 2009)
    Bristol Zoo (first visited 2011)
    Butterfly World Stockton (first visited c.1999)
    Cedars Nature Centre (first visited 2017)
    Chester Cathedral Falconry (first visited 2017)
    Chester Zoo (first visited 2010)
    Chestnut Centre Otter, Owl and Wildlife Park (first visited 2011)
    Colchester Zoo (first visited 2013)
    Cotswold Falconry Centre (first visited 2014)
    Cotswold Wildlife Park (first visited 2013)
    Crocodiles of the World - original site (first visited 2013)
    Crocodiles of the World - new site (first visited 2014)
    Dudley Zoo (first visited 2011)
    East Park Animal Centre (first visited 2017)
    Edinburgh Zoo (first visited 2010)
    Exmoor Zoo (first visited 2013)
    Falconry Days (first visited 2013)
    Five Sisters Zoo Park (first visited 2012)
    Flamingo Land (first visited c.1992)
    Galloway Wildlife Conservation Park (first visited 2012)
    Gentleshaw Wildlife Centre (first visited 2013)
    Hagley Falconry Centre (first visited 2015)
    Hamerton Zoo (first visited 2011)
    Hawk Conservancy Trust (first visited 2015)
    Heythrop Zoo (first visited 2014)
    Highland Wildlife Park (first visited 1989)
    Howletts Wild Animal Park (first visited 2012)
    ICBP Duncombe Park (first visited 2015)
    Jesmond Dene Pets Corner (first visited 2015)
    Kew Gardens (first visited 2009)
    Kirkley Hall Zoological Gardens (first visited 2013)
    Kielder Water Bird of Prey Centre (first visited 2012)
    Kirkleatham Owl Centre (first visited 2015)
    Lake District Wildlife Park (first visited 2015)
    Lakeland Bird of Prey Centre (first visited 2015)
    Lakeland Wildlife Oasis (first visited 2015)
    Libertys Raptor and Reptile Centre (first visited 2006)
    Linton Zoo (first visited 2014)
    Living Coasts (first visited 2013)
    Manchester Museum Vivarium (first visited 2011)
    Marwell Zoo (first visited 2013)
    Monkey Haven (first visited 2013)
    Newquay Zoo (first visited 2013)
    North Anston Tropical House (first visited 2014)
    Paignton Zoo (first visited 2013)
    Port Lympne Wild Animal Park (first visited 2013)
    Reaseheath Zoo (first visited 2015)
    Regent's Park Waterfowl Collection (first visited 2017)
    Scottish Owl Centre (first visited 2015)
    SEALIFE Blackpool (first visited 2015)
    SEALIFE Manchester (first visited 2016)
    SEALIFE Oban (first visited 1994)
    SEALIFE Scarborough (first visited c.1992)
    Shaldon Wildlife Trust (first visited 2013)
    Shepreth Wildlife Park (first visited 2014)
    Skye Serpentarium (first visited 1998)
    South Lakes Wild Animal Park (first visited 2012)
    The Deep (first visited 2017)
    Thirsk Bird of Prey Centre (first visited 2015)
    Thorp Perrow Arboretum (first visited 2013)
    Tropical World Leeds (first visited 2013)
    Twycross Zoo (first visited 2011)
    Welsh Mountain Zoo (first visited 2012)
    West Midland Safari Park (first visited 2015)
    Wingham Wildlife Park (first visited 2017)
    Wild Animal Adventures (first visited 2014)
    Wild Place (first visited 2013)
    Wildwood Trust (first visited 2017)
    Woburn Safari Park (first visited 2013)
    World Owl Trust Muncaster Castle (first visited 1990)
    WWT Martin Mere (first visited 2013)
    WWT Slimbridge (first visited 2013)
    WWT Washington (first visited 2004)
    Yorkshire Wildlife Park (first visited 2014)
    ZSL London Zoo (first visited 2012)
    ZSL Whipsnade Zoo (first visited 2013)
     
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  11. drill

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    A few I have forgotten
    1. Lincoln Park Conservatory A-
    2. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden A
    3. Bodine Fish Hatchery A+
     
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    drill Well-Known Member

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    Around twenty or more coming up in a few weeks.
     
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  13. devilfish

    devilfish Well-Known Member

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    I hit number 450 (Aquazoo Dusseldorf) last week :)
     
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  14. snowleopard

    snowleopard Well-Known Member 15+ year member Premium Member

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    I'll race to you 500! ;) I hope to visit my 500th different zoo/aquarium in August of 2019. I'll probably then be stuck at 500 for the following 2-3 years...but you should easily be able to beat me to that total in the first place.
     
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  15. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Here are some more:

    Wisconsin
    1. Northeastern Wisconsin Zoo & Adventure Park
    2. Henry Vilas Zoo
    3. Milwaukee County Zoo
    4. Special Memories Zoo
    5. Animal Haven Zoo
    6. Timbavati Wildlife Park
    7. Manitowoc Lincoln Park Zoo
    8. Ochsner Park Zoo
    9. Bay Beach Wildlife Santuary
    10. International Crane Foundation
    11. Butterfly Gardens of Wisconsin
    12. Wildwood Zoo
    13. Menominee Park Zoo
    14. Wisconsin Rapids Municipal Zoo
    15. Lakewood Zoo & Gift Shop (now closed)
    16. Discovery World: Reiman Aquarium
    17. Glacier Ridge Animal Farm
    18. MacKenzie Center
    19. Racine Zoo
    20. Animal Gardens Petting Zoo
    21. FREEA (Used to be a small zoo. Doesn't have animals any more.)
    Iowa
    22. National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium
    Illinois
    23. Brookfield Zoo
    24. Lincoln Park Zoo
    25. John G. Shedd Aquarium
    26. Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
    Michigan
    27. DeYoung Family Zoo
    Florida
    28. SeaWorld Orlando
    29. Disney's Animal Kingdom
    30. The Seas with Nemo and Friends at Epcot
    31. Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
    District of Columbia
    32. Smithsonian National Zoo
    Minnesota
    33. Minnesota Zoo
    34. Como Park Zoo
    35. SEA LIFE Minnesota
    California
    36. San Diego Zoo/Safari Park (I remember visiting one of them. Don't remember which)
    Missouri
    37. Saint Louis Zoo
    38. Grant's Farm
    39. World Aquarium
    40. Lone Elk Park
    41. World Bird Sanctuary

    Note that I am only including collections I at least partly remember. For example, I am told I visited Gatorland when I was little. I don't remember that. So it's not included. Even though I only remember the food court at San Diego, it's still included.
     
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  16. FunkyGibbon

    FunkyGibbon Well-Known Member

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    I was doing my 'zoo accounting' after my summer travels and came to the rather startling conclusion that I was on 98 zoos! Then I remembered another zoo from my childhood, which brought me to 99. The thing is, I don't count just any collection as a zoo; sanctuaries are out, as are 'aviary in the park' type places. The problem is the line between zoo and not-zoo gets a bit blurred and when I looked down my list I found a couple of marginal candidates. So, deeming the whole thing to be fairly subjective anyway, and with three new zoos on my horizon before the end of the year, I'm unilaterally determining my current total to be 97.

    Number 100 should be a real doozy by the way ;)
     
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    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    As you note, these things are often quite marginal - by your rules I imagine you would probably not count the vivarium within Manchester Museum as a zoo, yet it is possibly the third-biggest amphibian collection in Europe open to the public after Chemnitz and Paignton - and potentially the biggest collection of Costa Rican amphibians anywhere outside the country itself!
     
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    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I've basically decided that, for me, "zoo" just means "public animal collection". Doesn't matter if it's an aviary in a botanical gardens or a full-blown ABC zoo. Everything counts if there are animals there. I can't remember off-hand what my total is though.


    EDIT: it is 121 collections apparently - the list is here, earlier in the thread: How many zoos have you visited? (poll 2)
     
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    snowleopard Well-Known Member 15+ year member Premium Member

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    A worthwhile point as the very definition of the word 'zoo' can be debated endlessly. A few months ago I toured Bruemmer Park Zoo in Wisconsin and the facility is clearly a zoo but there are only perhaps 4-5 species in the entire collection. Yet some of the 'sanctuaries' that I've visited have included a wide range of big cat species and many more animals...FAR more to see than what tiny Bruemmer Park Zoo has to offer. In my opinion both types of establishments are clearly 'zoos' of some kind or another. Also, the state of California has approximately 20 public aquariums (I've visited all of them!) and some of the buildings contain not much more than a dozen tanks. However, such facilities charge admission, have the word 'aquarium' in their name and are indisputably an aquarium...so size doesn't matter.
     
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    I find the debate to be a fairly 'unfun' one to be honest, because I think there is no clear resolution. If one takes the 'Chlidonias' approach one ends up counting stately homes and other such nonsense. This might be the most logically consistent approach but it fails the basic test that it allows a whole bunch of places that are, IMO, clearly not zoos. I usually go with 'the primary purpose of the facility is the display of animals to the public' This precludes sanctuaries, which I'm fine with, but it also threatens the inclusion of some serious collections that are part of greater bodies like theme parks or museums. If Manchester Museum's collection is really that expansive I would probably end up counting it; but Shanghai Natural History Museum has a small row of terrariums and tanks and I wouldn't dream of counting that. So then it seems like size of collection should be a guiding principle, but this throws up more issues. If I would include a large collection in a museum but not a small one, how could I justify including the equivalent of the small collection if it were a separate paying attraction? At this point I just throw my hands up and embrace the subjectivity; if it 'feels' like a zoo it's in, if it doesn't it's not. As someone who likes science I find this fairly painful; as someone who wants to say "I've visited 100 zoos" and feel good about that statement it seems pretty spot on.
     
    FunkyGibbon, 24 Sep 2018
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