My zoo list

Hiya Sim, here's my list...

• Melbourne Zoo, Royal Park, Victoria, Australia... Which was my 'home zoo' before I moved to BNE... Been there many many times.
  
• Adelaide Zoo, Adelaide, SA, Australia, once, when I was priveleged enough to see 'inside' the bird exhibit. They have fantastic birds there.
  
• Taronga Zoo, Mosman, NSW, Australia, Once, gee, they are right about 'start at the top and work down...'
  
• Healesville Sanctuary, Healesville, Victoria, Australia, Love this one too, all Aussie animals.
  
• Australia Zoo, Beerwah, QLD, Australia, Steve has done a good job.
  
• Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Currumbin, QLD, Australia, when I was about 15.
  
• Sea World, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, Last year with the kids.
  
• Werribbe Park Zoo, Werribee, Australia, Fantastic Zoo, used to take the kids for a ride on the zoo bus on weekends... Love those Giraffes..
  
• Moscow Zoo, Moscow, Russia, (in 1987) I cried and cried about how poorly the animals were treated.
  
  Plus lots of private aquariums and Bird collections which could be described as zoos...
  

asy

 

Hi sim
My list is a bit (read , lot) shorter than your list, but enjoyed them at the time.
Taronga Park - many times
Currumbin Bird Sanctuary - many times
Quite a few smaller displays over the years that probably don't even exist now.
Problem is, the 'kids' are now older so we stopped going BUT we now have a grand daughter so we have a good excuse to start over again.
jahn

 

My list is:

Taronga Zoo, NSW, Australia, I've been there twice and it is a long walk around.

Sea World, QLD, Australia, Been once, but it looks like a second visit will be this Christmas.

mmmm Other than that, I went to the London Zoo many years ago.

Looking at the list of zoos is very interesting, I didnt know there were so many.

 

My list is even shorter:

- National Zoo and Aquarium (Canberra) on several occasions

- Sydney Aquarium (Darling Harbour) once - but my partner and I are now Aqua Club members so we can (and we intend to) visit often at no cost.

I would really like to see Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo.

MB

 

zoo list

As I like to travel , and like to visit zoos , here is my list ;
Auckland zoo
Hamilton zoo
Kiwi house , Otorohanga , NZ ( this is more of a bird sanctuary )
NZ National aquiriam ( Napier )
Marineland , Napier
Mt Bruce sanctuary --- NZ
Wellington zoo
Nga Manu bird sanctuary , Waikanae , NZ
Staglands , Akatarawa , NZ
A large aquiriam in downtown Christchurch ( its name eludes me )
Orana Park , Christchurch
Taronga Park zoo
Koala park , Sydney
Eric Worrells Reptile park ( at its previous location )
Featherdale , near Bankstown
Warragamba ( now closed )
Perth zoo
Melbourne zoo
Healesville ( near Melbourne )
Alma Park , Brisbane
Australia zoo , Beerwah
Currimbin sanctuary , Gold Coast
Singapore zoo
Jurong bird park , Singapore
Malacca/Melaka zoo , Malaysia
Taiping zoo , Malaysia
Kuala Krai zoo , Malaysia ( dont go to this one -- it needs to close down for the sake of the animals )
Sepilok Orag utan sanctuary , Borneo
Seoul zoo , Korea
San Diego zoo
Sea World san Diego
San Francisco zoo
Houston zoo
National zoo , Washington DC
A Safari Park near Springfield , MO
Seattle aquiriam , Seattle
New England aquiriam , Boston
Kelly Tarltons , Auckland , NZ

Howzat

 

Went there today!

Will post some photos when I resize them...

asy

 

my zoo review...

okay and heres mine.....

AUSTRALIA
Melbourne Zoo - biggest and most diverse animal collection in australia. at least half of the entire zoo is redeveloped under the zoo's masterplan.

Werribee Open Range Zoo - great infrustructure and exhibit design there, a good blend of safari tour and walking trails. love the african floodplain, but it just needs more exhibits you can see at yur own pace.

Healesville Sanctuary - Overseas tourists just love this zoo! needs a new reptile house though.

Taronga Zoo - potentially the most attractive zoo in the world, but i think they suffer from "mock rock" syndrome and are lagging behind a bit on the modernising.

INDOCHINA
Saigon Zoo - melbourne zoo are trying to help this place get on its feet. personally id'e try and close it down. suffers from uninspired, lazy staff (though they are probably paid a pittence) and some of the most shameful cages i've ever seen. impressive collection, but many of the animals are neglected and unwell. worst zoo i've ever been to.

Endangered Primate Rescue Centre (EPRC) - considering vietnam has so many critically endangered endemic primates it is heartwarming to see something so positive is being done about it. located inside cuc phong national park, the EPRC rescues rare langurs, gibbons and loris' (not macaques) and slowly pairs them up for breeding with other members of the same species. although the cages are pretty uninspiring, the animals get absolute expert care from a dedicated team of foriegn and vietnamese keepers. their is also two very large semi-wild fenced in sections of jungle where they attempt to condition some of the more successfully bred animals back into the wild. you may only visit with a guide and are not allowed to make much noise or get close to the cages. among the inhabitants are all three species of douc langur (though the black shanked has no girlfriend at the moment and mated with a grey-shanked instead!) and the world's rarest monkey - the cat ba langur. only 50 are throught to survive on cat ba island in vietnams north and (un)fortunately both a male and female were brought into the centre within months of eachother. the pair successfully produced one male offspring and then the male got bitten by a snake and died!! at the time of visiting the infant was still very small and i was told that as the centre hopes another is never brought in they will either try to breed mother and son (a very short -term solution) or try to teach the pair to live in the wild again. fantastic place with the most gorgeous monkeys i have ever seen.

Chang Mai Zoo - this is an absolutely huge zoo, built on a massive forested mountaintop and most (seals and penguins excluded) animals are in very large, green encolsures. you often require the services of a bus to get around. would have liked to have seen the gibbons in better enclosures and this zoo could be awesome if it had some good management and creativeness injected into it. it is however, one of the only zoos in the world with a pair of giant pandas!!!

Dusit Zoo - bangkok's main zoo, green and shady, dusit unfortunately has a bit of a fairground experience attatched to it. lots of noise pollution blasts around you in what could otherwise be an okay zoo. much improvemnts since my first visit, most of the animals i was concerend about now have new, spacious encosures. they have some pretty rare animals there such as red-shanked douc langurs, so i wish they would just lose the noisy fairground in the park!! great bird collection.

INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT

Darjeeling Zoo - set high up in the indian himalayas, i was positively supprised at the good care the animals at this zoo recieved. focusing entirely on himalayan fauna (with the exception of some gorgeous siberian tigers in a massive enclosure) it is also the home of the snow leopard breeding centre. the cats enjoy the priavcy of very large, forested cages and the program is quite sucessful. among the breeding sucess' are an awfully large colony of nepalese red pandas. i only wish some orginisation would sponser this zoo, the staff seemed very dedicated and the animals are well looked after in a country that has some shocking cases of animal cruelty. among the small collection are mountain ungulates, black bears, tibetian wolves, leopards and birds.

Dehiwala Zoo - okay here was a supprise. who would have throught the war-torn country of sri lanka would have one of the best zoos in asia? back in the days of gerald durell, this zoo was quite world famous for its elephant presentations (including the most elegant pair of africans i have ever seen). it also runs the pinawalla elephant orphanage (actually an amazing free-range breeding and rescue centre for some 60-odd sri lankan elephants) and has an outstanding collection and many decent exhibits. the downside is, i think this zoo has too many animals. you often find repeats of the same species, leopards and sloth bears for example, and whilst some members of a species live in a renovated exhibit, others pace it out in old-style bear pits and concrete boxes. someone needs to take some of these guys off their hands! supprisingly the orangutans, so often neglected in zoos had an exhibit better than the one at taronga!

SOUTH AMERICA
Forest of Science - though tecnically not a zoo, this tiny remnant patch of rainforest left in the middle of the amazonian city of manaus has effectively become just that. they do however have some animals enclosed and being cared for among them, (my purpose for visiting) the most beautiful little creatures i have ever seen - amazonian manatees. the centre here has three good sized pools for caring for the orphaned and rescued sea cows (they have at least 10 tiny little ophaned calves we bottle-fed there at the time of visiting) and have recently bred them for the first time in captivity. a lot of research goes into studying the animals. as well as heaps of wild free-ranging agouti, macaws, toucans and monkeys, they care for a small group of giant otters in a series of pens.

Buenos Aires Zoo - this zoo tries hard but it is really quite dull indeed. the worst exhibits are actually some of the newest and suffer from a serous lack of creativeness in design. the brand new and overcrowded seal pool is absolutely tiny. the equally new reptile house features badly lit, filthy, anattractive enclosures and the whole zoo is doing nothing exciting with its gardens whatsoever. for a zoo that appears to have a fair amount of money it such a shame to see it wasted on such badly designed new exhibits. needs a makeover. totally unmemorable.

id'e love to visit more australian zoos, in particular western plains, i hear thats awesome.

 

my zoo visits

the zoos and wildlife parks that i have been to are...
taronga zoo
western plains zoo
the australian reptile park
currumbin sanctuary qld
mogo zoo
sydney aquarium
the 'australian wildlife park' before wonderland closed
seaworld qld
dreamworld qld
london zoo
london aquarium
edinburgh zoo
woborn safari park
whipsnade wild animal park

 

Heres my list even if this thread hasnt been used for 2 years

Chester Zoo
London Zoo
Welsh Mountain Zoo
Jersey Zoo
Folly Farm
Animalarium at Borth
Colchester Zoo
Knowsley Safari Park
Longleat safari Park
West Middlands Safari Park
Twycross Zoo
Dartmoor Wildlife Park
Marwell Zoo
Bristol Zoo
Zoo de Vinecces
Dublin Zoo
Fota Wildlife Park
Belfast Zoo
Chessington Zoo
Howletts Wild Animal Park
Port Lymphe Wild Animal Park
Blue Planet Aquarium
Whipsnade Wild Animal Park
Africa Alive!
Costwold Wildlife Park
Woburn Safari Park

 

My zoo list:

Chester
Blackbrook
London
Jeresey
Twycross
Harewood bird garden
Lotherton hall
San diego zoo
Los angeles zoo
Monterey bay aquarium
Zurich zoo
Paris zoo
Lille zoo
Parc paradisio
Antwerp zoo
Basel zoo
Amazon world
Flamingo park (isle of wight)
Flamingo land (theme park)
Edinburgh zoo
Blue planet aquarium
The Deep
Several sea life centres
Martin mere WWT centre
Washington WWT centre
Knowsley safari park
West midlands safari park
Longleat

I think/hope that that's all of them.

 

Europe

Edinburgh
Highland Wildlife Park
Chester
Bristol
Blackpool
Colchester
Paignton
London
Marwell
Dartmoor Wildlife Park
Porfell Wildlife Park
Longleat
Blair Drummond Safari park
Dublin
Berlin
Jersey
Paris
Berlin
Cologne
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Burgers
Amersfoort
Antwerp

USA
San Francisco
San Diego
Bronx
Central Park
Disney Animal Kingdom
Busch Gardens
Seaworld San Diego
Seaworld Orlando

 

Artis, Amsterdam, NL
Avifauna, Alphen a/d Rijn, NL
Blijdorp, Rotterdam, NL
Emmen Zoo, Emmen, NL
Apenheul, Apeldoorn, NL
Serpo, Delft, NL
Sealife Scheveningen, Scheveningen, NL
AquaZoo Friesland, Leeuwarden, NL
Wissel Zoo, epe, NL
Burger's Dierenpark, Arnhem, NL
Ouwehands Dierenpark, Rhenen, NL
Dolphinarium Harderwijk, Harderwijk, NL
Amersfoort Zoo, Amersfoort, NL
Iguana, Vlissingen, NL

Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, ES
Barcelona Aquarium, Barcelona, ES

Edinburgh Zoo, Edinburgh, SC
London Zoo, London, EN

Antwerpen Zoo, Antwerp, BE
Aquatopia, Antwerp, BE

Cologne Zoo, Cologne, GE
Duisburg Zoo, Duisburg, GE
Dortmund Zoo, Dortmund, GE

Zoo Dvur Kralové nad Labem, Kralové, CZ
Zoo Praha, Prague, CZ
Liberec Zoo, Liberec, CZ
Aquarium, Hradec Kralové, CZ

 

Good topic to revive! I've included public aquaria in my list

UK

Birmingham Nature Centre*
Blue Planet Aquarium
Chessington Zoo
Chester Zoo
Cotswold Wildlife Park
Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park
Drayton Manor Zoo
Dudley Zoo
Edinburgh Zoo
London Aquarium
London Zoo
Marwell Zoo
National Sea Life Centre, Birmingham
Newquay Zoo
Paignton Zoo
Twycross Zoo
Welsh Mountain Zoo
West Midlands Safari Park
Woburn Safari Park
WWT Slimbridge

Europe

Barcelona Aquarium, Spain
Branfrere, France
Oceanapolis, France
Prague Zoo, Czech Republic
Salzburg Natural History Museum, Austria (has a fascinating reptile house)Scheveningen Sea Life Centre, Holland
St Malo Aquarium, France
Zoo Zurich, Switzerland

Americas

Busch Gardens, USA
Santiago Zoo, Chile
Seaworld Orlando, USA

*I used to go to Birmingham Nature Centre often as a kid. Back then it housed mainly native or once-native fauna, including owls, red squirrels, beavers, otters, ravens, fallow deer, lynx and wolf. These days it appears to be changing to a collection of more exotic endangered species such as red pandas, lemurs, cranes, Pere David deer and the ubiquitous meerkats and short-clawed otters.

 

UK

ZSL London Zoo x3
Chester Zoo xlots
Twycross Zoo x1
Blackpool Zoo x2
Edinburgh Zoo x1
Linton Zoo x1
Bristol Zoo x1

Longleat Safari Park x1
Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo x1

Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens
Lotherton Hall Bird Gardens
Harewood House Bird Gardens
Sewerby Hall Zoo
Riber Castle (now closed)

Boughton-On-The-Water Birdland
Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetland Trust
Tropical World, Leeds
Natureland Seal Sanctuary, Skegness
Sealife Centres- Newcastle, Blackpool, Great Yarmouth, Scarborough + others
The Deep
Butterfly Houses- Stratford Upon Avon, Pila Palace, + others.
Plus various farms, small aquariums and more falconry centres than you could shake a stick at.

Europe
Mundomar, Benidorm, SPAIN.

 

Here's my list. I've visited 81 collections, all in the UK. I never realised I had been to so many.

Arundel Wildfowl Trust
Battersea Park Zoo
Beale Wildlife Park
Belle Vue Zoo [closed]
Birmingham Nature Centre
Birmingham Sea Life Centre
Birdland, Bourton-on-the Water [not the original one]
Birdland, Farnham, Surrey
Blackbrook Zoo
Blackpool Sea Life Centre
Blackpool Tower Zoo [closed]
Blackpool Zoo
Blue Planet Aquarium, Ellesmere Port
Bournemouth Oceanarium
Brean Down Bird Gardens
Bridgmere Wildlife Park [closed]
Brighton Sea Life Centre
Bristol Zoo
Cheddar Aquarium [closed]
Chessington Zoo
Chestnut Centre, Derbyshire
Chester Zoo
Colchester Zoo
Conway Butterfly Farm
Cotswold Wildlife Park
Crystal Palace Zoo [closed]
Desford Tropical Bird Gardens
Drayton Manor Park and Zoo
Dudley Zoo
Edinburgh Zoo
Falconry Centre, Newent
Flamingoland
Glasgow Zoo
Guernsey Aquarium
Hamerton Zoo
Hastings Underwater World*
Hawk Conservancy
Haworth Zoo [closed] probably the worst place I ever visited
Hillside Bird Oasis [closed to the public]
Howletts Zoo
Jersey Zoo
Knowsley Safari Park
Living Coasts, Torquay
Llanerch Deer Park, St Asaph [closed]
London Aquarium
London Zoo
Longleat Safari Park
Martin Mere Wildfowl Trust
Marwell Zoo
Matlock Bath Aquarium [closed]
Midland Bird Garden, Bridgnorth [closed]
Morecambe Marineland [closed]
Norfolk Wildlife Park [closed]
Plymouth National Marine Aquarium
Port Lympne Zoo
Portsmouth Blue Reef Aquarium*
Rhyl Dolphinarium [closed]
Rhyl Ocean World [closed]
Rhyl Seaquarium*
Riber Castle Zoo [closed]
Rode Tropical Bird Gardens [closed]
Scarborough Sea Life Centre
Scarborough Zoo [closed]
Skegness Zoo
Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust
South Lakes Wildlife Park
Southend Sealife Adventure*
Southport Zoo
Stratford-upon-Avon Butterfly Farm
The Palms, Stapeley
Trentham Monkey Forest
Tynemouth Blue Reef Aquarium*
Twycross Zoo
Underwater World, Farnham, Surrey
Welsh Mountain Zoo, Colwyn Bay
Weston-Super-Mare Aquarium [closed]
Weston-Super-Mare Seaquarium*
Weymouth Sea Life Park*
Whipsnade Zoo
Winged World, Heysham

* formerly Sea Life Centres

 

Here's a reply fropm the US:
Australia:

Australia Zoo
Currumbin
Dreamworld
Seaworld Qld.
Sydney Aquarium
Taronga

Europe:

Artis
Appenheul
Avifauna
Blijdorp
Ouwehands
Safari Beeksebergen
Wissel

US
Montgomery, Alabama
Reid Park, Tucson, Arizona
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Wild Animal Park
Seaworld San Diego
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Denver, Colorado
Mystic Aquarium, Mystic, Connecticut
Atlanta Georgia
Brookfield Zoo, Chicago
Lincoln Park, Chicago
Shedd Aquarium, Chicago
Henson Robinson Zoo, Springfield Zoo, Illinois
Fort Wayne Children's Zoo, Indiana
Indianapolis Zoo
Potowatomi Zoo, Southbend Indiana
Kentucky Down Under
Louisville Zoo
Audubon Zoo, Louisiana
Aquarium of the Americas
Detroit Zoo
Kansas City Zoo, Missouri
Saint Louis Zoo
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, Nebraska
Burnett Park Zoo, Syracuse, NY
Ross Park Zoo, New York
Buffalo Zoo, New York
Cleveland Zoo, Ohio
Columbus Zoo, Ohio
Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio
Toledo Zoo, Ohio
Oregon Zoo, Portland
Pittsburgh Zoo, Pennsyvania
Philadelphia Zoo, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Aviary
National Aquarium, Baltimore
Riverbanks Zoo, South Carolina
Knoxville Zoo, Tennessee
Memphis Zoo, Tennessee
Dallas Zoo
Dallas World Aquarium
Houston Zoo
San Antonio Zoo
Moody Gardesn, Galveston, Texas
Seaworld, San Ntonio
Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle
Notrhwest Trek, Eatonville W
Smithsonian National Zoological Park
Good Zoo, West Virginia
Henry Vilas Zoo, Madison, Wisconsin

Probably a few more that no longer exist.

Elaine Kirchner