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In this episode of The US City Traveler Podcast, you get to meet Jon Wassner, co-author of “America’s Best Zoos: A Travel Guide for Fans and Families,” which is a guidebook to the nation’s 60 best zoos, with a special forward from Newt Gingrich. Jon has not only traveled the nation visiting many different zoos, but he has also worked as a zookeeper himself at 3 different ones, including Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo. With more than 150 million annual visitors, America’s zoos attract more people than all of the major pro sports teams combined and today we’re going to find out why that is. From zoo budget travel tips, to the best time of day to visit, to exhibits that we can look forward to seeing opening in the coming months, we’ve got all of that and so much more.

More specifically, in this session you’ll find out about: 

Resources and Links Mentioned in this Session Include:

• San Diego Zoo (Only zoo in the USA with tasmanian devils)
• Bronx Zoo
• St. Louis Zoo
• Columbus Zoo
• Brevard Zoo
• Cameron Park Zoo
• Denver Zoo
• Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
• Woodland Park Zoo
• Sedgwick County Zoo
• North Carolina Zoo
• Indianapolis Zoo (Home to dolphins and walrus)
• Fort Wayne Zoo
• Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo
• Cincinnati Zoo (Only zoo in the world to have the Sumatran rhino)
• Dallas Zoo
• Disney’s Animal Kingdom
• Birmingham Zoo
• Arizona-Sonara Desert Museum
• Minnesota Zoo
• Memphis Zoo
• Houston Zoo (Home to rare black mamba)

Jon was incredibly gracious with sharing his knowledge with us! Thank you, Jon, for your advice! If you have a few seconds, let me and Jon know on Twitter by clicking on the link below:

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