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| - An average of 4 stars??!!?? This zoo was below average at best. A total of 15 animal exhibits (not counting the smelly monkey house) and most of those exhibits had but one specimen. Given all the old money and philanthropic history of Pittsburgh, I was expecting far, far better. A nice setting on the side of a hill with lots of old trees for shade, but dirty and run down. Fort Worth TX, a town of comparable size to Pittsburgh, has a much, much bigger, nicer zoo with animals in open, natural areas. Brownsville TX, a much less populated and less wealthy area than Pittsburgh, has the Gladys Porter Zoo, one of the best in the entire country. Lots of animals with multiple specimens so you can observe them interact in large, open, natural areas. The PPG Aquarium was OK, but again, the zoo was dirty, not very well maintained and sparsely populated. It's a shame that the youth and children of Pittsburgh don't have a much better place to learn about and observe the many animals of our world.
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