Their prices for food is obnoxiously disrespectful 9.99 for 7 cheesecurds? Ridiculous. A good chunk of the animals look depressed In this zoo and by that I mean I watched a crane just walk around staring at the sky but trapped under a net less then 2 feet above its head, an orangutan that was crying, polar bears that look like they hate there life just staring at the dirty dirty water in their exhibit, the tiger wasnt active at all just like the last 3 times we came here,some exhibits are way smaller then they should be probably half or more. The workers were very rude when I asked for a straw with my drink and said they don't use plastic to help the animals and the environment but this zoo let's people smoke and throw cigarette butts on the ground and I seen one person flick a cigarette at the camel right in front of a zoo worker and the zoo worker didn't care I said something and was told to calm down by the zoo worker. The gift shop is absolutely disrespectful with their prices 1 scoop of ice cream was 7$ after taxes I could've bought a tub for 6$ at any grocery store. a little Dr set that cost 6$ at Walmart was 45$ in the gift shop! a 2 foot tall stuffed animal for 13$ at Walmart was marked at almost 80$!!! This zoo has multiple institutional and private donors along with state and city funding. For crying out loud a bottle of water here is 4.99 you can buy a case of water with 32 bottles for less and if they're so worried about plastics why not use paper cups for the water like they do the pop? Overall I've come to hate this zoo that use to be a magical place for me as a kid it's now a catastrophic wasteland I disappointed myself taking my kids to see. Not that the owners will care for my review but I hope some families take the time to read this and understand the exploitation for profits here is nuts I asked one of the workers here scary they made here a 50 year old plus lady was very kind and almost cried telling me she's been here for almost 3 years and is making 9$ an hour. One hour of work at this zoo can't even get you 7 cheesecurds if you're an employee. Absolutely horrendous.