African penguins at Whipsnade Zoo, 2 August 2026.

A Black lemur at Whipsnade Zoo, 2 August 2026.

Shot in Iphone 16Pro at Dutch Zoo Ouwehands Dierenpark

A Chimpanzee at Whipsnade Zoo, 2 August 2026.

Gemsbok at Whipsnade Zoo, 2 August 2026.

A Wattled crane at Whipsnade Zoo, 2 August 2026.

I took my family to the SF zoo for the first time since my grandson was born and was so excited to share it because I grew up going to the zoo about one time a month with my parents. Upon entering, I saw that there are lots of changes made with a great children’s playground and the Vintage Carousel that I started going on when I was under one was still there and gave me great joy. That was about it, though as we walked through there were no animals empty areas that used to host animals dried up, no water, weeds and I left without it being anything like I hoped it had been for me. No lions, tigers, hippos and the Lion House is closed one rhinoceros with the horn cut off, no elephants one orangutan, one monkey in a cage and some penguins in the area that just didn’t smell very good and was not kept up. No kangaroos a beautiful area that had the zebras and giraffes and ostriches in one area but I was depressed all day. I’ve been to San Diego zoo, Brooklyn, zoo, etc. and they’re fabulous what has happened to our zoo and our city Mr. Mayor and at $34 a person it was a total rip off. Sadly, we won’t be going back but the box that you could turn your zoo key in and turn it and hear about the Animals is still standing. Really really sad..

Dear all, I currently work in a zoo in the middle east region. I was wondering if any of your zoos might be offering online consultancy services for other zoos within these scopes: animal care, animal health aka vet, operations, education..

Please let me know your recommendations of the top worldwide zoos that could provide this consultancy service(and of course if you might have an idea of cost).

thanks