Rod Cookson Review of Bronx zoo
This is a terrible zoo. I found it particularly un...
This is a terrible zoo. I found it particularly unpleasant to watch dozens of people shine powerful phone lights on the nocturnal animals in low light areas, which is extremely distressing for those animals. No-one from the zoo was present inside any of the rooms this happened in to moderate people's behaviour. It's also a shame that there is so much foliage that you can't see most of the animals without going into confined viewing spaces. These are completely filled with summer school parties. The overall impression is that this was a good zoo in the 1980s and that no money has been spent on it since, aside from new food concessions here and there. It seems to be waiting for a wealthy benefactor to come along and fund a transformation ... which won't happen unless this place gets a grip on how to run a humane, informative zoo in this day and age.
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