When Did You Last Visit A Zoo?

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Lon

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I am going to my city's zoo this Wednesday with some other old timers and looking forward to it.
Over my life time I have been to many zoos, Bronx Zoo, San Diego Zoo,Fleishaker Zoo.,Auckland
Christchurch, Sydney.
 

Have you been to the zoo in Fresno? Last time I was there was about 12 years ago with a grandson....not that great.

of course we went when it was 105 degrees in the summer.

They might have remodeled it since then. Chaffee Zoo....right?

It will be nice to get out though and I think Friday it's only going to be 79!

Have fun.
 
I hate zoos. I find them depressing and usually stinky. Last time I went was probably 30 years ago.
 

Not my favourite places - that said I believe some zoos do good research.
I have been to the Toronto Zoo(Canada) and the San Diego zoo, probably
two of the better ones. Always wanted to go 'on safari' in Africa, but that's
not going to happen.
 
CeeCee said:
Have you been to the zoo in Fresno? Last time I was there was about 12 years ago with a grandson....not that great.

of course we went when it was 105 degrees in the summer.

They might have remodeled it since then. Chaffee Zoo....right?

It will be nice to get out though and I think Friday it's only going to be 79!

Have fun.
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Yes CC Chaffee Zoo and it's much better than it was 12 years ago and pretty good for a city this size.
 
I haven't visited a zoo since I was taken as a child. I hated it then, seeing animals locked up in cages..although nowadays not such little cages I know... but it left me with a lifelong dislike of them. I have however visited a Safari park a couple of times..
 
CeeCee said:
Thanks for the invite but not this time ..I'm shy. :)

Also for some reason I thought you wrote Friday....Wednesday it's going to be 87!

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It will be quite pleasant at 10 AM Wednesday. Neither the animals or I are concerned about you being shy. Be brave and take a chance. What's to loose?
 
Lon said:
It will be quite pleasant at 10 AM Wednesday. Neither the animals or I are concerned about you being shy. Be brave and take a chance. What's to loose?

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Maybe next time...I promise. Have a lot going now and none of it is fun. Dr visits, mammogram, etc.

Then heading back to the coast. Grandson graduating from 8th grade. It will be a big deal, he's tops in his grade. Even other grandparents are flying in for this...

Take some pictures though, I'm curious.
 
CeeCee said:
Maybe next time...I promise. Have a lot going now and none of it is fun. Dr visits, mammogram, etc.

Then heading back to the coast. Grandson graduating from 8th grade. It will be a big deal, he's tops in his grade. Even other grandparents are flying in for this...

Take some pictures though, I'm curious.
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I sense CC that you have a fear of the unknown instead of being shy and have little sense of adventure about you. There will be no next time. I have made several attempts to meet and I get the message.
 
I liked the zoos when I was younger and more naive. Now I would just feel sorry for the animals. I know some are there due to injury and to be kept safe but I don’t feel that animals belong in cages. That’s something humans thought would be good.
 
We used to go all the time when we lived in St. Louis. Then when I started teaching third grade, we went to the Waco zoo every year on a field trip. Took our grandkids there a couple years ago. Now that I think of it, I'll bet I've been to way more aquariums than zoos.
 
Took the grandchildren to an "Animal Park" yesterday. A small private place. I was really impressed with the place. Absolutely immaculate, animals were active looked to be in great health. The bears, both Grizzly and Black were the only animals that appeared to be showing stress. They were all pacing along a well worn path. One of the Black bears was using it same footprint over and over.
 
The last one I visited was Frankfurt (am Main, Germany) zoo. I was disappointed by it. It's a city zoo and limited in space. They seem to have tried to cram in as many species as possible rather than concentrating on giving plenty of space to fewer animals.

I've visited zoos in many European cities, but the only one I visited ( a number of times) in the US was Minnesota zoo. I was quite impressed with it.
 
Back in the 80's, I remember going to Lion Country Safari in Irvine, California. It was a drive-thru thing and very interesting, but is was a requirement to keep windows rolled up.

It's been a couple of years since we went to a zoo and the last one was here in Jacksonville, FL. The company my wife worked for at the time, helped sponsor a tiger area. However, compared to the Denver, CO zoo, the one here is much, much smaller. Jacksonville one has alligators (which, being this is Florida, would be expected), whereas the Denver one has buffalo and a couple of brown bears. Actually, the brown bears were cubs, when first moved to south of Denver and with each visit, within 5 1/2 years, we watched them grow up. Denver Zoo also had two free days during the winter months and we'd go then also. Don't know how it managed to happen, but none of those "Free Days" was there any snow.

Sort of wonder which animals could be in a Florida zoo and which not, since Florida can get so humid?

It's actually better to visit a zoo in the Fall, Spring or Winter time, since most animals find shade, and aren't that active, during the summer heat.

Wife and I really love going to the zoo, but the Jacksonville Zoo sure isn't as good as the Denver, CO Zoo.
 

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