Several major metropolitan areas are without an AZA zoo. Whether they follow a different standard, normally that of a much lesser degree, or they do not have a zoo at all. So I decided to make a list of the cities that either one, don’t have a zoo, or have a zoo but said zoo is not AZA accredited. Now most of the non-AZA zoos are accredited by the ZAA or Zoological Association of America, which is a well-regarded group that doesn’t hold zoos to the same standard

My lifelong love of zoos started at a very young age, thanks to my mother. It was fostered into a passion as I have gotten older by both my parents and myself. The thing that drove it further than anything else, however, was Zoo Tycoon and Zoo Tycoon 2 on PC. However, in 2021, I discovered a new game thanks to a video on YouTube. Planet Zoo. It was love at first sight, and the spark was reignited that burned into a wild inferno.

With us being a month out from the conference tournaments being played and two months out from the best eight playing on the banks of the mighty Missouri. I thought it would be a good time to look back at the five teams I thought could make it to Omaha back in January. Going team by team to see how they have fared so far this season. Note that some have done way better than others. Charles Schwab Stadium in Omaha Texas Tech, for a team that I thought NIL would solve their problems, they sure...