I hate to give the zoo such a low score but I real...

I hate to give the zoo such a low score but I really feel they have gotten to a point they now deserve it.

Maybe this score will change in 2020 when they bring up their standards and bring back / get new animals after finishing all their new build projects. But for now the zoo has been increasingly more disappointing. Since the time that I became a zoo member it seems to me that the zoo has gone downhill every single time I go. Less animals and more construction / closest habitat areas.

You can no longer see polar bear, tiger, leopard, sun bear, Caracal, seal Lions, various small primates, elk, wolves, rhino, hippos etc. There's even animals that technically they still have but you don't get to see such as the orangutans. This has been truly disappointing for me and my family and considering the amount of money that you pay each time you go not only for a pass but parking and food as well. I really do think it's something that they have responsibility to address. It was really hard to explain to my child why we couldn't see most of his favorite animals. (But hey at least they still have naked mole rats)

The next frustration for me is the apparent low standards of their cafeteria and their bathrooms. The bathrooms feel like the kind of bathroom you'd go into had a crappy 7-Eleven. It's Rundown not very clean and the urinal, sinks, soap dispenser, paper towel dispenser are not set up for children. Don't believe me look at the pictures I posted. I Have a serious problem with this considering the fact that the zoo should be catering to children and Families.

As for the cafeteria the money you pay for the food (that was not hot) you get seems a bit much and they no longer have lids for cups or straws because apparently they didn't realize there are alternatives to traditional plastics, such as PLA that is biodegradable. Instead they just decided to make things even more inconvenient for their patrons in the name of environmentalism. If you have children you understand how annoying it is to not be able to put a lid and a straw on a cup. But I digress....

In their defense there are some really nice areas that are still up and running such as the elephant or the lion enclosure enclosure but for me the pros don't outweigh the Cons anymore and I will be taking my family and our hard-earned money somewhere else at least for the next couple of years. I really do hope that they can eventually straighten out there Park.