Please don t give your money to this place. Almost...

Please don t give your money to this place. Almost all of the animals showed some sign of neglect. The parrots, especially, all have disheveled, dull looking plumage. There were more than a few that had stress plucked out their feathers. There was one scarlet macaw that broke my heart and I couldn t bear to watch him - he couldn t hold his head up on his perch and was panting very rapidly - indicating he was severely ill. I couldn t find any employees around, so I flagged this for a restaurant employee who laughed and said this parrot did this all the time for attention.
For a faculty this large and with such a wide array of animals, they had about 2-3 vets (as their signs boasted). But so many of these animals look miserable. They are in terrible, unnatural enclosures (whether too small, made completely out of cement or just the wrong type of environment for them to thrive). There are two black bears that were panting so hard in the 110 degree desert heat they looked like they were about to keel over. A small shed housed a few different types of foxes - one of which being a singular ARCTIC fox. Not natural to have this animal out in this environment to begin with, not a big enough enclosure and no mates.
This place is all about making money by providing cheap closeness with the animals. It is extremely depressing, blatant animal neglect, and absolutely heartbreaking. Please look beyond the rides and carousels to how the animals are being treated. I have a wildlife ecology background and I don t write reviews lightly. Please don t give your money to a place that does this until they improve their practices.