Which Disney facilites are you referring to here? I think it would be perfectly acceptale to count Animal Kingdom, Animal Kingdom Lodge, and The Seas as 3 seperate zoos.
Would you count those nature centers as zoos? Nature centers are a bit of a zoo gray area, but I would say if the animal collection fits into one room and the place is primarly a nature preservem then it isn't a zoo.
Here is a breif description of each Nature Center Wood Lake Nature Center Wouldn’t really consider this place a zoo, as all they have are about a half a dozen reptiles (packed into four medium-sized terrariums) & some fish, although they do have a nice taxidermy collection. Richardson Nature Center This place is only about 8 minutes from my house, and is quite nice for what it is. They had a couple of reptiles, two raptor species, a butterfly garden, & a Honeybee colony. if I remember correctly, they have Tiger Salamanders, Northern Leopard Frogs, an American Toad, a Painted Turtle, a Bullsnake, a Foxsnake, a False Map Turtle, an American Kestral, a Broad-Winged Hawk, Various butterflies, & Honeybees as of early last year, but things could have very well changed since then. Dodge Nature Center This place is decently large, at roughly 80 acres. it’s mostly uninterrupted woodlands with a couple of domestics & four or five raptors. I have about five or six photos of this place in the gallery as well.
I wouldn't consider the first or last zoos. Richardson might count as a zoo, but I feel I would need to know more about it. Ultimatley, this thread is asking, what you feel comforable calling a zoo.
I myself would consider Richardson a zoo, as they have breeding programs, outreach programs, & trade with other zoos (Milwaukee’s old Barred owl actually came from Richardson)
They're both *mostly* domestics, but have some standard exotics like fallow deer, common pheasant species, emu, etc.
So it looks like I'm leading MA with 10 zoos. Depending on your definition, it could be up to 12 though since there's the AZA-accredited Museum of Science and the Ecotarium, with some native species including Otters and mountain lion. I also lead Rhode Island with two zoos.
There's a small petting zoo located on Block Island that I visited on a biking trip five or six years ago. It had a lot of your standard domestics, but also kangaroos and ring-tailed lemurs. I can't remember the name of it, but will try to figure out what it was. EDIT: I looked it up and it's the 1661 Farm and Gardens. It's not a facility I'd reccomend people go out of their way to visit, but if you happen to be on the island it can be a nice way to spend an hour, especially since it's free.
Alabama = 5 @tschandler71 Alaska = 4 @Pleistohorse Arizona = 12 @snowleopard Arkansas = 4 @snowleopard California = 62 @snowleopard Colorado = 5 @snowleopard Connecticut = 7 @ThylacineAlive Delaware = 3 @TinoPup Florida = 21 @jayjds2 Georgia = 5 @tschandler71 Hawaii = 3 @jayjds2 Idaho = 6 @snowleopard Illinois = 11 @snowleopard Indiana = 4 @snowleopard Iowa = 2 tie between @snowleopard and @birdsandbats Kansas = 10 @snowleopard Kentucky = 4 @jayjds2 Louisiana = 7 @snowleopard Maine = 3 @CuseZoofan Maryland = 5 tie between @jayjds2 and @TinoPup Massachusetts = 12 @Neil chace Michigan = 20 @snowleopard Minnesota = 11 Tie between @snowleopard and @Dhole dude Mississippi = 2 @snowleopard Missouri = 8 @snowleopard Montana = 4 @snowleopard Nebraska = 5 @snowleopard Nevada = 5 @snowleopard New Hampshire = 1 @Neil chace New Jersey = 9 @TinoPup New Mexico = 8 @snowleopard New York = 13 @CuseZoofan North Carolina = 8 @nczoofan North Dakota = 5 @snowleopard Ohio = 14 @jibster Oklahoma = 6 @snowleopard Oregon = 10 @snowleopard Pennsylvania = 11 @TinoPup Rhode Island = 2 Tie between @Neil chace and @Dyl0526 South Carolina = 3 tie between @snowleopard and @CuseZoofan South Dakota = 5 @snowleopard Tennessee = 9 @tschandler71 Texas = 45 @snowleopard Utah = 4 @snowleopard Vermont = 0 All ZooChat tie Virginia = 10 tie between @jayjds2 and @TinoPup Washington = 13 @snowleopard West Virginia = 1 tie between @jayjds2 and @grandelover1 Wisconsin = 29 @birdsandbats Wyoming = 0 All ZooChat tie
It is possible for me to win Illinois in the somewhat near future, but other than perhaps Indiana I don't see anything for a while. Illinois: 8 Indiana: 1 Ohio: 1 Tennessee: 1 Georgia: 1 Florida: 4 Missouri: 1 Colorado: 2 California: 3
