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  1. Arizona Docent

    Arizona Docent Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    If you are a serious cat fanatic, you need to save up and do whatever it takes to get to France and visit LE PARC DES FELINS. There is a separate thread for it here on ZooChat. They have around 24 different kinds of cats (species/subspecies) all in huge natural enclosures. The best cat collection ever assembled in one place and 100% good exhibits - not one bad one anywhere. I went for one day in 2009 and two days in 2010 and for a cat fanatic like me it is heaven on earth.

    You will definitely see things you cannot find in America (rusty spotted cat, european wildcat, sri lanka leopard, etc).
     
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  2. KCZooFan

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    Looking through you list of favorite zoos a few weeks ago, I was suprised to find something ahead of Northwest Trek. I then checked it out, and yes, it sounds fantastic.
     
  3. zoomania18

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    which zoo immersion exhibit you like most and why

    can everyone please share what is your most enjoyable immersion exhibit you ever go .
     
  4. zoomania18

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    hi everyone , i need help there . Can i ask 2 question . First is which zoo have the best and realistic exhibit for the gorilla . If i remember correctly , there is a zoo that the gorilla exhibit is awesome and well known . A tropical setting and naturalistic . I cant remember the name of the zoo . Second is is there any new open exhibit for the tiger . And which zoo have the best .
     
  5. KCZooFan

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    In the United States, the Bronx's Congo Gorilla Forest is the best. From personal experiance, other good exhibits are found in Kansas City, Sedgwick County, Omaha, and Saint Louis.
     
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    Don't forget DAK and Busch Gardens-Tampa
     
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    You are probably thinking of Congo Gorilla Forest at the Bronx Zoo. The Dallas, Sedgwick County, and San Diego zoos also have good gorilla exhibits.
     
  8. Arizona Docent

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    Your answer to both questions is the same: Bronx Zoo. Everyone on ZooChat will tell you Congo Gorilla Forest is the best for gorillas (as long as you do not visit in winter). They also opened Tiger Mountain a few years ago, which I have not personally seen, but by all appearances is great.

    Finding good tiger exhibits is easier than finding good gorilla exhibits, but there are a few good ones out there. My favorites for gorillas are Dallas Zoo, Busch Gardens Africa, Disney Animal Kingdom (although I don't like this park in general), Woodland Park Zoo. For tigers, Minnesota Zoo may be the best (and certainly the largest). Fort Worth Zoo has a very innovative design with white indian tiger on one side and malayan tiger on another side, separated by a large natural looking canyon with waterfall. Nearby Dallas Zoo has a pretty good one too with rotating malyan and sumatran tigers.

    There are some very good looking new tiger addtions on the horizon. First, Reid Park Zoo (where I volunteer) is adding a malayan tiger tug-of-war feature next month similar to the one currently in use at Bronx Zoo. This (along with a training wall) will be added to one side of our already good exhibit. San Diego Safari Park will be building a new three exhibit complex next year for sumatran tigers (and other asian animals). I expect this to be outstanding and world-class. Phoenix Zoo is building a new one next year with room for up to six sumatran tigers. Drawings look good, but their latest project in this same campaign (orangutans) is only mediocre, so I am adopting a wait-and-see approach on their tiger exhibit. Incidentally, I find sumatran tigers to be the most beautiful of all the races.
     
  9. iluvwhales

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    San Diego, Miami, North Carolina Zoo, Deyoung Family Zoo
     
  10. iluvwhales

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    I'd say the bronx; large, naturalistic, and lots of gorillas, som of which, were born there
     
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    I'd say San Diego, North Carolina Zoo, Fort Woth, Albaquerque (being wise of elephants)
     
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    Or, of course, the progenitor of all of these, Woodland Park.
     
  13. Arizona Docent

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    If you did a poll on this topic on ZooChat, I can guarantee you Congo Gorilla Forest at the Bronx Zoo would win.
     
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    It's still the African Savannah tour at Disney's Animal Kingdom for me.
     
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    The Living Desert has an outstanding leopard exhibit. The best I've ever seen anywhere.
     
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    The Lied Jungle might win though Arizona Docent.

    For me it would be the Desert Dome in Omaha.
     
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    We went through Myombe Gorilla Reserve in Busch Gardens Tampa during a torrid rainstorm and it really had the feel of being in a Central African Rainforest.

    Team Tapir
     
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    There was a poll for this before. It was a tie between Disney's animal kingdom savannah and Congo gorilla forest at Bronx zoo
     
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    I was a tour guide/truck driver at Kilimanjaro Safaris at Disney's Animal Kingdom for a while back in 2005-2006! It was a great experience, even as a job, and remains my favorite zoo immersion experience <3

    If anyone has any questions about the safari ride, I'd be glad to share :) And, fyi, we drive the trucks ourselves--they are definitely not on tracks!!

    Wild Arctic at SeaWorld Orlando is fun too!
     
  20. zoomania18

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    Do you like zoo

    How do you think of zoo ( all the world . ) for us , we think of going to zoo viewing animal and gain some knowledge ( rite ???) but some animal right lover , they say its best to release the animal into the wild or their natural habitats . because in zoo , they only in their outdoor exhibits for a while , while mostly they will stay inside their " Small dens " or so called indoor holding areas .


    So am i right . I am a animal lover , but i think is ok for the animal to be in zoo . so what about you all.


    share your opinion and ideas / thought there