As an attraction, it's one of the better ones for ...

As an attraction, it's one of the better ones for the city, but comparing to zoos in many smaller cities (St. Louis, San Diego, Fort Worth, etc.), it doesn't measure up toward what you would expect from such a great city as Houston. They had a lot of construction going on, and it seemed they could better utilize space. Parking was awful, take mass transit! Prices were pretty high both getting in and inside (no surprise there). Feeding giraffes was a real highlight. There were a lot of REALLY exotic animals.