Shall I upload my list too? Netherlands - Artis, Amsterdam - Diergaarde Blijdorp, Rotterdam - Dierenpark Zie-ZOO, Volkel - BestZoo, Best - Burgers' zoo, Arnhem - Ouwehands dierenpark, Rhenen - Dierenpark Emmen, Emmen - Dierenpark Amersfoort, Amersfoort - Dolfinarium, Harderwijk - SeaLife, Scheveningen - Aquarium Terschelling, Terschelling - Aquazoo Friesland, Leeuwarden - Zooparc Overloon, Overloon - Safaripark Beekse Bergen, Hilvarenbeek - NOP Papegaaienpark, Velhoven/Oerle (now called: Zoo Veldhoven) - Ecodrome, Zwolle (closed now) Germany - Duisburg Zoo, Duisburg - TerraZoo, Rheinberg - Tiergarten Kleve, Kleve - Tiergehege im Kaisergarten, Oberhausen - SeaLife, Oberhausen - Wildpark Grafenberger Wald, Düsseldorf - Tiergarten Mönchengladbach, Mönchengladbach/Odenkirchen - Natur- und Tierpark Brüggen, Brüggen - ZOOM erlebniswelt, Gelsenkirchen Switserland - Zoo al Maglio, Magliaso Italy - Bioparco Roma, Rome Turkey - Antalya Aquarium, Antalya - Troy Aqua&Dephinarium, Belek
My list has been updated to include the two new places I visited last month in Perth. Australia Taronga Zoo Western Plains Zoo Featherdale Wildlife Park Sydney Aquarium Sydney Wildlife World Waratah Park Manly Marineland Australian Reptile Park (both old and present sites) Mogo Zoo Australia's Wonderland Zoo Foxground Reserve Symbio Wildlife Gardens Australian Shark and Ray Centre, NSW Oakvale Farm and Fauna World Nowra Wildlife Park Dolphin Magic a.k.a. Pet Porpoise Pool (Coffs Harbour) Wagga Wagga Zoo Pennant Hills Koala Park Melbourne Zoo Melbourne Aquarium Serendip Sanctuary Healesville Sanctuary Werribee Zoo Phillip Island Wildlife Park Currumbin Bird Sanctuary Fleay's Fauna Reserve Natureland Zoo (closed) Seaworld Birdworld (Gold Coast - closed) Lone Pine Koala Park Alma Park Zoo Australia Zoo Australia's Venom Zoo Birdworld (Kuranda) Billabong Sanctuary (Townsville) Hervey Bay Zoo (this might not be it's correct name) Marineland Melanesia (Green Island) Darling Downs Zoo National Zoo and Aquarium (Canberra) Tidbinbilla Sanctuary Adelaide Zoo Monarto Zoo Cleland Wildlife Park Warrawong Sanctuary Bredl's Wonderworld of Wildlife (closed) Dundee's Wildlife Park (closed)Urimbirra Wildlife Experience Parndarna Wildlife Park Hanson Bay Koala Park Gorge Wildlife Park Kangaroo Island Marine Centre Territory Wildlife Park Alice Springs Desert Park Alice Springs Reptile Centre Perth Zoo Armadale Reptile and Wildlife Centre AQWA (Aquarium of Western Australia) USA San Francisco Zoo Los Angeles Zoo San Diego Zoo San Diego Wild Animal Park Seaworld of San Diego Honolulu Zoo Paradise Park Sealife Park Waikiki Aquarium Monterey Bay Aquarium Reid Park Zoo Phoenix Zoo Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Wildlife World (Phoenix) Audubon Park Zoo Aquarium of the Americas Philadelphia Zoo Brookfield Zoo Lincoln Park Zoo Henry Vilas Zoo International Crane Foundation Milwaukee County Zoo Burnet Park Zoo Ross Park Zoo The Domes Conservatory Canada Metrotoronto Zoo Calgary Zoo Belize Belize Zoo (old site) New Zealand Auckland Zoo Orana Park Willowbank Zoo Te Anau Fauna Park Wellington Zoo Zealandia Karori Sanctuary Pukaha Mt Bruce National Wildlife Sanctuary UK Bristol Zoo Chessington Zoo London Zoo Whipsnade Jersey Zoo Jersey Butterfly Farm France San Malo Exoterrium San Malo Aquarium Belgium Antwerpen Planckendael Some disgusting little menagerie kept in a basement in Brussels - I heard it burnt down in the 80's. Netherlands Artis Zoo Blijdorp (Rotterdam) Zoo Germany Cologne Zoo Hamburg Zoo (Hagenbeck's) Hannover Zoo Hellabrun Tierpark (Munich) Wilhelma (Stuttgart) Nurnberg Zoo Frankfurt Zoo Switzerland Zurich Zoo Zolli (Basle) Dahlholzli Zoo (Berne) Berne Bearpits Uganda Ugandan Wildlife Education Centre (formerly Entebbe Zoo) Ugandan Reptiles Village Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary Tanzania Meserani Snake Park MBT Snake Park Kuwait Kuwait Zoo Zimbabwe Lion and Cheetah Park Larvon Bird Gardens Chippingali Wildlife Orphanage Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Museum (had live animals on display) A total of 126. Hix
Update! 2 more zoos inclusie, one I visited and one I forgot on the first list. Netherlands - Artis, Amsterdam - Diergaarde Blijdorp, Rotterdam - Dierenpark Zie-ZOO, Volkel - BestZoo, Best - Burgers' zoo, Arnhem - Ouwehands dierenpark, Rhenen - Dierenpark Emmen, Emmen - Dierenpark Amersfoort, Amersfoort - Dolfinarium, Harderwijk - SeaLife, Scheveningen - Aquarium Terschelling, Terschelling - Aquazoo Friesland, Leeuwarden - Zooparc Overloon, Overloon - Safaripark Beekse Bergen, Hilvarenbeek - NOP Papegaaienpark, Velhoven/Oerle (now called: Zoo Veldhoven) - Ecodrome, Zwolle (closed now) - Fazanterie de Rooie Hoeve, Heeswijk-Dinter Germany - Duisburg Zoo, Duisburg - TerraZoo, Rheinberg - Tiergarten Kleve, Kleve - Tiergehege im Kaisergarten, Oberhausen - SeaLife, Oberhausen - Wildpark Grafenberger Wald, Düsseldorf - Tiergarten Mönchengladbach, Mönchengladbach/Odenkirchen - Natur- und Tierpark Brüggen, Brüggen - ZOOM erlebniswelt, Gelsenkirchen Switserland - Zoo al Maglio, Magliaso Italy - Bioparco Roma, Rome - Acquario civico di Milano, Milan Turkey - Antalya Aquarium, Antalya - Troy Aqua&Dephinarium, Belek
I can't remember when I last posted on this thread and I am disinclined to check, so here is my current list of collections: NEW ZEALAND Southern Encounter Aquarium and Kiwi House (Christchurch) [now closed] Orana Park (Christchurch) Willowbank Wildlife Reserve (Christchurch) Peacock Springs/Isaacs Wildlife Trust (Christchurch) [not open to the public] North Brighton Zoo and Aquarium (Christchurch) [now closed] International Antarctic Centre (Christchurch [not a zoo, but it has little blue penguins and formerly also a polar fish tank] Birdlands (Little River, near Christchurch) [now closed] Spencerville Wildlife Reserve (near Christchurch) [now closed except for a few decrepit aviaries] Kaikoura Aquarium [now closed] West Coast Wildllife Centre (Franz Josef) National Kiwi Centre/Westlands Water World (Hokitika) Natureland (Nelson) Picton Aquarium Portobello Aquarium (Dunedin) [now closed] Aviary complex at Dunedin Botanic Gardens Otago Museum butterfly house (Dunedin) Aviaries at Timaru Botanic Gardens Aviaries at Caroline Bay (Timaru) Aviaries at Ashburton Botanic Gardens Landon Creek Bird Sanctuary [now closed] Southland Museum (Invercargill) [not a zoo but they have tuatara] Aviary complex at Queenspark Gardens (Invercargill) Queenstown Kiwi and Birdlife Park Frankton Zoo (Queenstown) Te Anau Wildlife Centre (Te Anau) Wellington Zoo Island Bay Marine Education Centre (Wellington) Staglands (near Wellington) Nga Manu Nature Reserve (Waikanae) Parrot Ranch (Levin) [no longer open to the public] National Wildlife Centre (Mt Bruce) National Aquarium (Napier) Auckland Zoo Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World (Auckland) Butterfly Creek (Auckland) AUSTRALIA Cairns Wildlife Dome Bat Reach (Kuranda) [wildlife rescue centre, not a zoo] Alma Park Zoo (Brisbane) [now closed] Taronga Zoo (Sydney) Sydney Wildlife World Sydney Aquarium Manly Oceanworld (Sydney) Melbourne Zoo Melbourne Aquarium Melbourne Museum A little aquarium that used to be somewhere in Melbourne (back in 1993) Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary (outside Melbourne) Moonlit Sanctuary (outside Melbourne) The Japanese Macaque enclosure in Launceston (Tasmania) Perth Zoo FIJI Kula Eco-park NEW CALEDONIA Parc Zoologique et Forestier (Noumea Zoo and Botanic Gardens) Aquarium des Lagons (Noumea Aquarium) ASIA: BURMA Yangon Zoo Kandawgyi Fresh Water Fish Garden (Yangon) Hlawga Park (outside Yangon) Yadanabon Zoo (Mandalay) Naypyitaw Zoo CAMBODIA Angkor Zoo [now closed] CHINA Beijing Zoo Beijing Aquarium [in the Beijing Zoo] Shanghai Zoo Shanghai Ocean Aquarium Shanghai Natural Wild-Insect Kingdom Suzhou Zoo Chengdu Zoo INDIA Alipore Zoo (Kolkata) Kolkata Aquarium (opposite the Alipore Zoo) Nameri Pigmy Hog Conservation Centre Assam State Zoo (Guwahati) INDONESIA Bali Bird Park Rimba Reptile Park (Bali) Ragunan Zoo and Schumutzer Primate Centre (Jakarta, Java) Taman Mini Indonesia (Jakarta, Java) Bukittinggi Zoo (Sumatra) Medan Zoo (Sumatra) MALAYSIA Zoo Negara (Kuala Lumpur) Aquaria KLCC (Kuala Lumpur) Kuala Lumpur Bird Park Penang Bird Park Melaka Zoo Melaka Bird Park Melaka Crocodile Park Melaka Butterfly and Reptile Park Lok Kawi Zoo (Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo) Jong's Crocodile Farm and Zoo (Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo) Kuching Aquarium (Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo) SINGAPORE Singapore Zoo Singapore Night Safari Singapore River Safari Jurong Bird Park SEA Aquarium Underwater World Butterfly Park and Insect World SOUTH KOREA Seoul Zoo COEX Aquarium (Seoul) THAILAND Dusit Zoo (Bangkok) Siam Ocean World (Bangkok) Khao Kheow Open Zoo (Chonburi) Bang Saen Aquarium (Chonburi) Underwater World (Pattaya) Chiang Mai Zoo VIETNAM Danang Zoo EUROPE Frankfurt Zoo (Germany) Vladivostok Aquarium (Russia)
Well I might as well post my list. Zoos in Bold are places I visited recently as a zoo nerd and thoroughly photographed, saw everything etc. Also worth noting that there are probably around a dozen small places that I visited when I was much younger and can't even remember the name of so aren't included. USA 1 Houston Zoo UK 1 Marwell Zoo 2 Banham Zoo 3 ZSL Whipsnade Zoo 4 ZSL London Zoo 5 Cotswolds Wildlife Park 6 Birdland Park and Gardens 7 Birdworld and Underwaterworld 8 Blue Reef Aquarium Hastings 9 Exmoor Zoo 10 Dartmoor Zoo 11 Arundel Wetland Centre WWT 12 The Living Rainforest 13 Bristol Zoo 14 British Wildlife Centre 15 Shaldon Zoo 16 London Wetlands Centre WWT 17 Longleat Safari Park 18 Monkey World 19 Paignton Zoo 20 Living Coasts 21 Howletts Wild Animal Park 22 Sea Life Brighton 23 Sea Life London 24 Rare Species Conservation Centre 25 Wingham Wildlife Park 26 Woburn Safari Park 27 Port Lympne Wild Animal Park 28 Beaver Water World 29 Rare Breeds Farm Park and Owl Centre Singapore 1 Singapore Zoo 2 Singapore Night Safari 3 Jurong Bird Park Australia 1 Perth Zoo 2 Caversham Wildlife Park 3 Cohunu Koala Park 4 Barna Mia Animal Sanctuary 5 AQWA Aquarium 6 Armadale Reptile Park China 1 Guangzhou Zoo 2 Hong Kong Zoo Poland 1 Warsaw Zoo 2 Wroclaw Zoo 3 Oceanarium Blue City 4 Poznan Nowe Zoo 5 Poznan Stare Zoo Saudi Arabia 1 Taif Zoo Burma 1 Hlawga Park Thailand 1 Safari World Bangkok 2 Siracha Tiger Zoo 3 Crocodile Farm Samutprakarn 4 Tiger Temple Kanchanaburi 5 Khao Keow Open Zoo 6 Mae Sae Elephant Camp 7 Chiang Mai Zoo 8 Bangkok Snake Farm 9 Dusit Zoo 10 Korat zoo 11 Lumphini Park Zoo 12 Siam Ocean World Bangkok Germany 1 Bavarian Forest Animal Park 2 Sea Life Munich 3 Berlin Tierpark 4 Berlin Zoo 5 Berlin Zoo Aquarium 6 Weltvogelpark Walsrode 7 Zoo Leipzig UAE 1 Banyan Tree Al Wadi Morocco 1 Vallee Des Oiseux, Agadir Cyprus 1 Stavros tis Psokas Forest Station Austria 1 Tiergarten Schonbrunn, Vienna Hungary 1 Budapest Zoo and Botanical Gardens Czech Republic 1 Zoo Ostrava 2 Zoo Dvur Kralove The Netherlands 1 Artis Royal Zoo, Amsterdam Belgium 1 Antwerp Zoo 2 Aquatopia Antwerp Total: 18 Countries and 76 Zoos of which 32 were visited recently and seen thoroughly. (The ones not in bold are a mixture of places visited when I was much younger so don't remember at all such as many of the places in Asia, or places visited quite recently but before I was interested in zoos as much as I am now so I didn't photograph all the signs, enclosure views etc. (i.e. when I used to be normal-ish ) such as some of the non-bold European collections)
It's been a long while since I updated my list; I cannot 100% guarantee the visit-counts are all correct. Collections first visited in 2015 in bold. Austria Alpenzoo Innsbruck x1 Germany Tiergarten Nürnberg x1 Tierpark Berlin x2 Tierpark Hellabrunn x1 Vogelpark Olching x1 Wilhelma Stuttgart x1 Zoo Augsburg x1 Zoo Berlin x2 Zoo Leipzig x1 Zoologischer Garten Magdeburg x1 United Kingdom Amazon World Zoo Park x1 Aquarium of the Lakes x1 Birdland Park & Gardens x2 Birmingham Nature Centre x3 Blackbrook Zoo x1 Blackpool Zoo x1 Blue Reef Aquarium (Tynemouth) x3 Bristol Zoo x6 Chester Zoo x31 Chestnut Centre x1 Colchester Zoo x1 Cotswold Falconry Centre x3 Cotswold Wildlife Park x4 Crocodiles of the World x3 Dudley Zoo x4 Edinburgh Zoo x12 Exmoor Zoological Park x1 Falconry Days x1 Five Sisters Zoo Park x1 Flamingoland x3-5 Galloway Wildlife Park x1 Gentleshaw Wildlife Centre x3 Hagley Falconry Centre x1 Hamerton Zoo Park x4 Heythrop Zoo x1 Highland Wildlife Park x2 Howletts Wild Animal Park x1 International Centre for Birds of Prey (Duncombe) x1 Jesmond Dene Pets Corner x1 Kielder Falconry Centre x1 Kirkleatham Owl Sanctuary x1 Kirkley Hall Zoo x1 Lake District Wildlife Park x2 Lakeland Falconry Centre x1 Lakeland Wildlife Oasis x1 Linton Zoo x1 Liverpool Museum Aquarium and Bug House x2 Living Coasts x1 Manchester Museum Vivarium x20-25 Marwell Zoo x1 Newquay Zoo x1 Owl and Monkey Haven x1 Paignton Zoo x1 Port Lympne x1 Reaseheath Zoo x1 Scottish Owl Centre x1 SeaLife Centre Blackpool x1 SeaLife Centre Loch Lomond x1 SeaLife Centre Oban x4 SeaLife Centre Scarborough x1 Shaldon Wildlife Trust x1 Shepreth Wildlife Park x1 South Lakes Wild Animal Park x1 Thirsk Bird of Prey Centre x1 Thorp Perrow Arboretum Bird of Prey & Mammal Centre x1 Tropical Butterfly House, Wildlife and Falconary Centre x1 Tropical World Leeds x1 Twycross Zoo x2 Welsh Mountain Zoo x1 West Midland Safari Park x1 Weyhill Hawk Conservancy x1 Wild Animal Adventures x1 Wild Place x3 Woburn Safari Park x1 World Owl Trust (Muncaster) x4 WWT Martin Mere x1 WWT Slimbridge x2 WWT Washington x3 Yorkshire Wildlife Park x1 ZSL London Zoo x3 ZSL Whipsnade Zoo x1
As of September 5, 2015 Visits in 2015 in bold USA Bronx zoo Central Park zoo Prospect Park zoo Queens zoo Disney Animal Kingdom Six Flags Safari Park(Does this count?) Out of Africa Zoo and Safari Park Beardsley Zoo Staten Island zoo Catskill Game Farm(closed) Bergen County zoo Denver zoo Gatorland Lincoln Park zoo MGM Grand Lion Habitat(Closed) Philadelphia zoo National Zoo Reptile Land Sea World Orlando Jenkinsons Aquarium Monterey Bay Aquarium New York Aquarium Newark Aquarium Netherlands Artis zoo Belgium Antwerp Zoo Greece Attica Zoo Israel Jerusalem Biblical Zoo Spain Selwo Aventura Canada Marineland Niagra Falls Bird Kingdom
My zoo list is as follows, I can't be exact with amounts of time I've visited and the ones in bold, are collections I've visited since the start of 2014 (as I can't remember from before then ). This doesn't include a couple of farm parks I've been to; this also doesn't include some Bird Of Prey Centres, which I'm not sure whether I've visited or not (and nor are my parents). Animal Education Centre (Hull) - 1 Blackbrook Zoo - 1 Bristol Zoo - 1 Chester Zoo - a few times Edinburgh Zoo - 1 Flamingo Land - several times Galloway Wildlife Conservation Park - 1 Harewood House - several times Highland Wildlife Park - 1 Longleat Safari Park - 1 Lotherton Hall - a lot of times Scarborough Sea Life - a few times Sewerby Hall Zoo - 1 Slimbridge WWT - I'm don't know how many times (not many though) The Deep - a few times Tropical World - a lot of times Twycross Zoo - a couple of times Washington WWT - 1 Welsh Mountain Zoo - 1 West Midlands Safari Park - 1 York Bird Of Prey Centre - 3 (twice on current site, once on a previous site) Yorkshire Wildlife Park - a lot of times ZSL London Zoo - 1 I will hopefully visit a couple of other collections this year, which should add to this list.
So So I happen to catch this page the other day, and reading this one post alone makes me {{{ fricken }}} sick! I thought I've seen my share in the day, this is something totally other. Like something from another black hole of some distant black hole. By The Way...GREAT job, hoping you have some terrific photographs from those visits of yours.
This is as much as I can remember - there may be the odd place that I have forgotten from the distant past of my youth! Bold are places I have visited within the past 3 years. All Things Wild (2) Axe Valley Wildlife Park (1) Big Cat Sanctuary (1) Birdland (multiple) Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park (4) Bristol Zoo (multiple) Brockswood Animal Sanctuary (1) Buckfastleigh Otter and Butterfly Sanctuary (3) Chessington Zoo (my first big zoo as a small child, on a school trip - still traumatised that I didn't get to see the elephants!) Chester Zoo (4) Chestnut Centre (1) Child Beale (2 or 3) Cotswold Falconry (multiple) Cotswold Farm Park (1) Cotswold Wildlife Park (multiple) Crocodiles of the World (2) Drusillas (multiple as a child) Drayton Manor Park (1) Dudley Zoo (multiple) Exmoor Zoo (1) Flamingoland (as a child) Gentleshaw Wildlife Centre (2) Hagley Falconry (2) Hamerton Zoo (3) Heythrop Zoo (1) Highland Wildlife Park (1) Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom (2) Howletts (1) Knaresborough Zoo (1) Linton Zoo (3) Longleat (1) Martin Mere WWT (1) Marwell Zoo (1) Noah's Ark Zoo Farm (1) Monkey World (3) Paignton Zoo (1) Paradise Wildlife Park (1) Prinknash Bird and Deer Park (3) Port Lympne (1) Reaseheath Zoo (1) Shaldon Zoo (1) Shepreth Zoo (3) Sleepy Hollow Farm Park (1) Slimbridge WWT (multiple) Small Breeds Farm Park and Owl Centre (2) Tamar Otter and Wildlife Centre (2) Thorpe Perrow (multiple) Trentham Monkey Forest (3) Twycross Zoo (multiple) Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary (1) Washington WWT (3) Wellplace Zoo (multiple as a child) Welsh Mountain Zoo (1) West Midland Safari Park (multiple) Whipsnade (1) Wild Place Project (3) Wild Zoological Park (1) Woburn Safari Park (1) Woodside Wildlife Park (1) Yorkshire Wildlife Park (2) Random little waterfowl sanctuary in the middle of nowhere (can't remember the name and can't find it again!) (1) USA: Lincoln Park Zoo (multiple) Shedd Aquarium and Oceanarium (multiple) Germany: Wuppertal Zoo (1)
Discovered this thread just now and I would like to share my zoo list, even when not so impressive as many zoochatters's lists: CZECH REPUBLIC Liberec botanical garden (with an aquarium room) Liberec zoo Plzen zoo Prague World Sea aquarium Prague terrarium Prague zoo FRANCE Aquarium du La Rochelle Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes Nantes natural history museum (with live snake room) GERMANY Berlin tierpark Berlin zoo-aquarium Duisburg zoo Köln zoo Museum König, Bonn (with aquarium room) Tierpark Hellabrunn - Munchen Wüppertal zoo SPAIN Barcelona aquarium Barcelona zoo Cabarceno (as child, with no camera) Faunia - Madrid Fuengirola zoo Madrid zoo-aquarium (Parque Magdalena - a very mini-mini-mini zoo that had a polar bear and some domestics) Refugio de Rapaces - Peñiscola Saragossa Fluvial Aquarium Valencia Oceanographic Valencia zoo (closed) SPAIN- CANARY ISLANDS Aguilas del Teide jungle park Loro Park Oasis del Valle park SWEDEN Skänsen (as a kid, not camera yet) TAIWAN Taipei Zoo UK Kew Gardens (it keeps waterfowl and aquaria) London Butterfly House (closed) London zoo UNITED STATES Birch Aquarium San Diego natural history museum (with scattered terrariums) San Diego Zoo SeaWorld San Diego
I don't think I've made a contribution to this list yet! Counting butterfly houses, aviaries and farms with exotics in as well. Prepare for rambling This is off the top of my head so I might have left off the odd place, but these are the ones that stick out the most for me. Canada -Toronto Zoo (Toronto, Ontario) (been going there since the 1980s, still one of my heart zoos and I have many favorite animals at the zoo; I have seen many changes (good and bad) throughout the years and mainly go on Christmas Eve but now I have a seasonal pass to here or Safari Niagara so I do plan on visiting more in 2018) -Killman Zoo (Caledonia, Ontario) (smallish zoo with a specialty towards felines; been going since a child of the 1980s as well; about 20 minutes from where I live; the enclosures aren't fancy but the animals are well looked after in spite of ARist propaganda and some of these animals here were pulled from less than desirable situations) -Niagara Butterfly Conservatory (Niagara Falls, Ontario) (been going since early 2010s; lovely HUGE place that can get very busy; they also have huge Atlas Moths which are a big draw to many visitors) -Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory (previously known as Wings of Paradise) (been going since the early 2000s, lovely little place, more intimate than the Niagara Butterfly Conservatory; it's been a while since I've visited). -Bird Kingdom (Niagara Falls Ontario) (previously known as Niagara Falls Aviary; lovely place where you can walk right past birds of varying species in free-flying indoor aviaries, some have nests built right on the edge of the walking paths!) -Marineland (Niagara Falls, Ontario) (only went on a school visit in the 1980s) -Unnamed (?) farm in Stoney Creek, Ontario, had llamas back when they were more exotic and rare as well as bison and deer species; farm and animals were sold following a divorce; there still remains of the fence and gate; the house burned down. Used to visit this place in the 1980s with family. Pity it was closed down, it almost appeared the place was going to turn into a proper zoo (I was a major zoo fan even back then!) but then the divorce came and that ended that. -Bowmanville Zoo (Bowmanville, Ontario) (only went once on a rainy day in the early 2000s to visit the lions that played the maneaters of the Ghost and The Darkness) (now closed) -Ripley's Aquarium (Toronto, Ontario) (been going since 2015) (annoying flashy electronics aside, a class act where you can at once find yourself surrounded by sharks, rare sawfish and stingrays and an assortment of fish all at once; also has some other rare species like Paddlefish which I'm in awe of with each visit and I love getting my hands cleaned by the Cleaner Shrimp!) -Safari Niagara (formally Zooz) (Stevensville, Ontario) (been a yearly visitor since going in the mid 2000s, I have seen the zoo grow from very basic and smallish enclosures to much more expansive enclosures for lions, tigers and black and brown bears; they have their usual staple of giraffes, lions, tigers, parrots, to more exotic from African Wild Dogs, Indian Rhino and wildebeest; it's a nice place that also serves as a recreational park for fishing, boating etc and concerts in the summer). -Hamilton Aviary (Hamilton, Ontario) (once located at Dundurn Castle; moved to Gage Park in the early 1993; housed/houses a variety of birds from budgerigars to different parrots; volunteer run, closed at the moment for issues related to the housing of the birds and it is planned that a new facility is to be built) United States -Seaworld (Orlando, Florida), one of my earliest zoo memories in the 1980s was going here as a small child with my family and being in awe of the sharks that swam above me as we went through a tunnel. And of course being delighted in the penguins and dolphins and Orcas. -Lowry Park Zoo (Tampa Bay, Florida) (beautiful zoo that is geographically organized; I can recall this was the first place I laid eyes on Sumatran Tigers right as my tiger devotion was growing and being in complete awe of them; visited again for the first time since the early 1990s and it was just as wonderful as I remember it being; only freshened up) -Waccatee Zoo (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) (visited in the late 1990s/early 2000s) (strange and interesting place, it's like the combination of a zoo and a farm and the enclosures weren't anything fancy but the animals were well looked after from what I can remember) -Busch Gardens (Tampa Bay, Florida) (it has been many years since I've last visited in the early 1990s but I loved it; I fondly recall feeding a baby giraffe named Patricia and being in awe as I watched tigers from a viewing platform, and adoring the Koalas on their visit) -South Carolina Aquarium (Charleston, South Carolina) (absolutely wonderful facility with a sea turtle hospital that goes above and beyond in saving these special creatures; wonderful collection of mostly native species but does have special exhibits; I once visited when they had a feature of rainforest animals and exhibited a Tamandua) -Mote Marine Science Center/Mote Marine Labratory (Sarasota, Florida) (fantastic place that is choc full of education about the importance of the marine ecosystem with a wide array of species from Manatees to tiny shrimp; they do a lot of important research here and also get involved in rehabiliation efforts; I like how some part of is outside and there is a cafeteria that overlooks the quarentine area; I visited and loved as a little girl in the early 1990s and then again in my last visit in 2015; it seemed to have expanded since I've last visited) -Clearwater Aquarium (Clearwater, Florida) (another top class aquarium, though a smaller collection than Mote Marine and an older facility; there are plans for massive upgrades and it is famous for it being the home of rescued dolphins "Winter" and "Hope", who I observed going through behavioral enrichment training when I was visiting there in 2015; they also do important rehabilitation work) -Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monteray, California) (visited in 2012; perhaps the aquarium that has blown me away the most; the huge main tank was beyond impressive and I was shocked by their collection of jellies and seahorses; I had no idea there was such a variety of jellies!) -North Carolina Zoo (Asheboro, North Carolina) (visited in the early to mid 2000s; easily one of the nicest zoos I have been to with wonderful naturalistic enclosures and also the place where I first laid my eyes on African Wild Dogs in person, one of my favorite species). -Riverbanks Zoo (Columbia, SC) (another nice place that I visited in the early 2000s on our way to vacationing to Charleston, SC, they had a nice number of species in nice enclosures and even had some obscure species like Black-footed Cats). England - (from a single visit in 1999) London Zoo (London, England), (a wonderful little zoo; at my time of visit they still had their elephants and I believe rhinos; it was there I also laid my eyes on the first Okapi (my second time was seeing them in Lowry Park in 2015), and was very impressed that they had so many species in a little area and there was a nice, casual feel to the place) Whipsnade Park (Whipsnade, England) (beautiful, pastoral park that while modern, had a certain pastoral, old-times feel to it while feeling completely natural; the brown bears were kept behind a fence that must have been there since the park opened yet the enclosure itself was natural for the bears to go about their bear-y business and I recall spending a good deal of time; observing the wolves was also very much like watching them in the wild; they were very active in their naturalistic enclosure). -Battersea Park Children's Zoo (London, England) (lovely little park; I don't recall there being too much in the way of a variety of species but it was nice for a easygoing walk through; I remember otters and wallabies, possibly meerkats as well as livestock).
Time for an update. The new ones are in green. Australia Taronga Zoo Western Plains Zoo Featherdale Wildlife Park Sydney Aquarium Sydney Wildlife World Waratah Park Manly Marineland Australian Reptile Park (both old and present sites) Mogo Zoo Australia's Wonderland Zoo Foxground Reserve Symbio Wildlife Gardens Australian Shark and Ray Centre, NSW Oakvale Farm and Fauna World Nowra Wildlife Park Dolphin Magic a.k.a. Pet Porpoise Pool (Coffs Harbour) Wagga Wagga Zoo Pennant Hills Koala Park Melbourne Zoo Melbourne Aquarium Serendip Sanctuary Healesville Sanctuary Werribee Zoo Phillip Island Wildlife Park Currumbin Bird Sanctuary Fleay's Fauna Reserve Natureland Zoo (closed) Seaworld Birdworld (Gold Coast - closed) Lone Pine Koala Park Alma Park Zoo Australia Zoo Australia's Venom Zoo Birdworld (Kuranda) Billabong Sanctuary (Townsville) Hervey Bay Zoo (this might not be it's correct name) Marineland Melanesia (Green Island) Darling Downs Zoo National Zoo and Aquarium (Canberra) Tidbinbilla Sanctuary Adelaide Zoo Monarto Zoo Cleland Wildlife Park Warrawong Sanctuary Bredl's Wonderworld of Wildlife (closed) Dundee's Wildlife Park (closed)Urimbirra Wildlife Experience Parndarna Wildlife Park Hanson Bay Koala Park Gorge Wildlife Park Kangaroo Island Marine Centre Territory Wildlife Park Alice Springs Desert Park Alice Springs Reptile Centre Perth Zoo Armadale Reptile and Wildlife Centre AQWA (Aquarium of Western Australia) Caversham Wildlife Park USA San Francisco Zoo Los Angeles Zoo San Diego Zoo San Diego Wild Animal Park Seaworld of San Diego Honolulu Zoo Paradise Park Sealife Park Waikiki Aquarium Monterey Bay Aquarium Reid Park Zoo Phoenix Zoo Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Wildlife World (Phoenix) Audubon Park Zoo Aquarium of the Americas Philadelphia Zoo Brookfield Zoo Lincoln Park Zoo Henry Vilas Zoo International Crane Foundation Milwaukee County Zoo Burnet Park Zoo Ross Park Zoo The Domes Conservatory Canada Metrotoronto Zoo Calgary Zoo Belize Belize Zoo (old site) New Zealand Auckland Zoo Orana Park Willowbank Zoo Te Anau Fauna Park Wellington Zoo Zealandia Karori Sanctuary Pukaha Mt Bruce National Wildlife Sanctuary UK Bristol Zoo Chessington Zoo London Zoo Whipsnade Jersey Zoo Jersey Butterfly Farm France San Malo Exoterrium San Malo Aquarium Belgium Antwerpen Planckendael Some disgusting little menagerie kept in a basement in Brussels - I heard it burnt down in the 80's. Netherlands Artis Zoo Blijdorp (Rotterdam) Zoo Germany Cologne Zoo Hamburg Zoo (Hagenbeck's) Hannover Zoo Hellabrun Tierpark (Munich) Wilhelma (Stuttgart) Nurnberg Zoo Frankfurt Zoo Switzerland Zurich Zoo Zolli (Basle) Dahlholzli Zoo (Berne) Berne Bearpits Uganda Ugandan Wildlife Education Centre (formerly Entebbe Zoo) Ugandan Reptiles Village Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary Tanzania Meserani Snake Park MBT Snake Park Kuwait Kuwait Zoo Zimbabwe Lion and Cheetah Park Larvon Bird Gardens Chippingali Wildlife Orphanage Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Museum (had live animals on display) Malaysia KL Bird Park Zoo Negara Singapore Singapore Zoo Night Safari River Safari Jurong Bird Park S.E.A. Aquarium A total of 134. Hix
Zoos (all in US except Atlantis): Bronx Zoo (many) NC Zoo (many) Central Park (many) Prospect Park Zoo (many) Queens Zoo (many) San Diego Zoo San Diego Zoo Safari Park Rosamond Gifford Zoo Maryland Zoo x2 National Zoo x5 Philadelphia Zoo x3 Beardsley Zoo Cape May County Zoo Roger Williams Park Zoo Franklin Park Zoo Six Flags Wild Safari x3 Southern Nevada Zoological Garden (now gladly closed) Claws N' Paws Wild Animal Park (wish it was closed) Zoo America 2x Long Island Game Farm White Post Farms of Melville (lemurs, deer, a giraffe, zebra, and more. Guess it counts?) Greensboro Science Center Durham Museum of Life and Sciences Adventure Aquarium NC Aquarium: Pine Knoll Shores NC Aquarium: Fort Fisher Mystic Aquarium x2 Maritime Aquarium x3 New York Aquarium x5 New England Aquarium x2 NC Museum of Natural Sciences (200 species, so I guess it counts?) Long Island Aquarium x5 Shark Reef Aquarium National Aquarium in Baltimore x3 Seaworld San Diego Sylvan Heights Bird Park x2 Duke Lemur Center (again unsure if this counts) Atlantis: Paradise Island Secret Garden at Mirage Total: 40
Add to these 39 zoos, 9 more zoos from my recent Benelux trip: BELGIUM Antwerpen zoo Pairi Daiza NETHERLANDS Apenheul Artis Micropia Artis Royal Zoo Best-Zoo Burgers' zoo Harderwijk Dolfinarium Zie-Zoo
Canada Toronto Zoo African Lion Safari High Park Zoo Marineland Jungle Cat World Reptila (Vaughn) Granby Zoo Montreal Biodome Montreal Insectarium US Disney Animal Kingdom Lincoln Park Zoo Brookfield Zoo Shedd Aquarium
Australia: 1. Australia Zoo 2. David Fleay Wildlife Park 3. Melbourne Zoo 4. Toronga Zoo 5. Dolphin Magic 6. Sealife Mooloolaba 7. Dubbo Western Plains Zoo 8. Sealife Melbourne 9. Wildlife HQ 10. Alma Park Zoo 11. Darling Downs Zoo 12. Wildlife Sydeny 13. Sealife Sydeny 14. SeaWorld 15. Currumbin Sanctuary Singapore: 16. Jurong Bird Park 17. Singapore Night Safari 18. Singapore Zoo 19. Butterfly Park and Insect Kingdom 20. S.E.A Aquarium New Zealand 21. Auckland Zoo 22. Kiwi Birdlife Park
Updated list: BELGIUM Antwerpen zoo Pairi Daiza CZECH REPUBLIC Liberec botanical garden (with an aquarium room and one small aviary) Liberec zoo Plzen zoo Prague World Sea aquarium Prague terrarium Prague zoo FRANCE Aquarium du La Rochelle Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes Nantes natural history museum (with live snake room) GERMANY Berlin tierpark Berlin zoo-aquarium Duisburg zoo Köln zoo Museum König, Bonn (with aquarium room) Tierpark Hellabrunn - Munchen Wüppertal zoo NETHERLANDS Apenheul Artis Micropia Artis Royal Zoo Best-Zoo Burgers' zoo Harderwijk Dolfinarium Zie-Zoo SPAIN Barcelona aquarium Barcelona zoo Cabarceno (as child, with no camera) Cañada de los Pajaros - Sevilla Faunia - Madrid Fuengirola zoo Madrid zoo-aquarium (Parque Magdalena - a very mini-mini-mini zoo that had a polar bear and some domestics) Refugio de Rapaces - Peñiscola Saragossa Fluvial Aquarium Sevilla Aquarium Valencia Oceanographic Valencia zoo (closed) Zoobotanic Jerez SPAIN- CANARY ISLANDS Aguilas del Teide jungle park Loro Park Oasis del Valle park SWEDEN Skänsen (as a kid, not camera yet) TAIWAN Taipei Zoo UK Kew Gardens (it keeps waterfowl and aquaria) London Butterfly House (closed) London zoo UNITED STATES Birch Aquarium Boston Museum of Sciences (numerous live specimen exhibits scattered through the place) Bronx Zoo New England Aquarium San Diego natural history museum (with scattered terrariums) San Diego Zoo SeaWorld San Diego Total: 54
I might give it a go. I’ll also be adding the year of my most recent visit for each of them: United Kingdom Africa Alive (2015) Birmingham Aquarium (2014) Blackpool Zoo (2009-2010, I think) Bristol Zoo (2012) Chester Zoo (2017) Colchester Zoo (2015) Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park (2018) Dudley Zoo (2017) Drusillas Zoo (2016) Exmoor Zoo (2018) Folly Farm (2013) Howletts Wild Animal Park (2015) London Zoo (2018) Longeat Safari Park (2018) Monkey World (2019) Paignton Zoo (2016) Port Lympne Hotel and Reserve (2020) SeaLife Brighton (2014-2015 I think) West Midlands Safari Park (2017) Woburn Safari Park (2015) France Cerza (2015) Nausica Aquarium (2013) Zoo de la Palmyre (2016) United States Discovery Cove Orlando (2018) Disney’s Animal Kingdom (2018) Seaworld Orlando (2018) Canary Islands Loro Parque (2006) Less than I thought but still more than my relatives would like!
