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| - I may not be the biggest fan of zoos, but I can tell you that for whatever reason, I make it a point to visit the local zoo in whichever city I am living.
I must say, and this completely shocked me, but The Calgary Zoo is one of the best zoos I have ever been too. Between the exhibits and the layout, few zoos that I've seen can even come close to competing.
What I hate is when a zoo is in the middle of NOWHERE. So unless you have a car, it takes you hours on end to get there via public transit. I once visited The Toronto Zoo and it took us 2.5 hours to get there on transit. Then, once we got there, we found the layout to be a complete disappointment. The animal enclosures were so spread out that we spent the majority of our time walking from one to the next. And what was even more disappointing is that when we got to the next enclosure, a lot of the time, the animals weren't even there.
The Calgary Zoo has its own C-Train stop. The city clearly put a lot of thought into it. It takes about 10 minutes to get there on the train from downtown Calgary.
The other thing I love about The Calgary Zoo is that it's spaced out properly. You do walk from one enclosure to the next, but they are close to one another and the animals are always in full view. The other thing I love are the exhibits. The Calgary Zoo was renovated a few years ago and they built some incredible displays and exhibits. Plus let's not forget the fact that The Calgary Zoo puts on a slew of festivities throughout the year including Zoo Lights and birthday parties where you can actually spend the night at the zoo!
I have never been more impressed with a zoo.
It is evident that a lot of planning, care and thought went into the creation and construction of The Calgary Zoo. It's leaps and bounds ahead of a lot of the other zoos out there and I'm proud to say it's in my hometown.
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