点评:I grew up going to this zoo, as did my dad (and probably my grandparents too.) The zoo has been around since 1927 with some of the exhibits stil in use being built by the WPA during the Great Depression.
My latest visit was last week and I was disappointed by how many pens had no animals in them. We went to the fancy, new elephant area - no elephants. Luckily there were 2 in the old pen, but why open the building if no animals have been moved over yet?
This zoo is heavy on reptiles and birds.
No polar bear anymore, didn't see any zebras, didn't see any lions. I noticed that the glass was very dirty and hard to see into the pens.
The sheer amount of screaming and kids banging on the glass was unreal. The animals are better behaved than the humans at the zoo. I wish that like the Toronto Zoo, the Tulsa Zoo would put up signs about the importance of being quiet because it stresses out the animals.
Most of the animals were in a corner hidden from view in their pens or at least as far away from spectators as they could get. I can see why the animals are stressed when people don't believe in parenting their screaming-banshee-sounding kids.
This zoo is very affordable and they allow outside food and drinks. It took us just 2 hours to see everything, although we skipped the children's zoo - which is apparently the petting zoo + river otters.
We were bummed about missing the otters and the polar bear.
Visited March 2024.
翻译:我从小就去过这个动物园,我的父亲(可能还有我的祖父母)也是如此。该动物园自 1927 年以来一直存在,其中一些展品仍在使用,是由 WPA 在大萧条期间建造的。
我最近一次访问是在上周,我对有多少围栏里没有动物感到失望。我们去了新奇的大象区——没有大象。幸运的是,旧围栏里有两只,但如果还没有动物搬过来,为什么还要打开大楼呢?
这个动物园里有很多爬行动物和鸟类。
不再有北极熊,没有看到任何斑马,没有看到任何狮子。我注意到玻璃很脏,很难看到钢笔内部。
大量的尖叫声和孩子们敲打玻璃的声音是不真实的。动物园里的动物比人类表现得更好。我希望像多伦多动物园一样,塔尔萨动物园也能张贴标语,说明保持安静的重要性,因为这会给动物带来压力。
大多数动物都躲在围栏里看不见的角落里,或者至少尽可能远离观众。我明白为什么当人们不相信养育那些听起来像女妖般尖叫的孩子时,动物们会感到压力。
这个动物园非常实惠,他们允许外面的食物和饮料。我们只花了两个小时就看完了所有的东西,尽管我们跳过了儿童动物园——显然是宠物动物园+水獭。
我们因为错过了水獭和北极熊而感到沮丧。
访问时间为 2024 年 3 月。