Very Dissapointed with the TO Zoo

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Hey all,

I got the opportunity to go to the TO Zoo this weekend...I havent been in probably 15 years and I was soo excited to finally being going again...

I spent all afternoon roaming around the Savanna and Canadian side (I didn't get to the Americas side...its just sooo big) and had a great time checking out all the beautiful animals and especially various herps... It was really close to closing time and I was upset that I didn't get the chance to go to the Australia building...so my wife cinvinced me to run through it quickly before they locked up....
It was soo great to see the Komods, Crocs and Roo's...BUT much to my dissapintment the Bearded Dragons looked absolutley horrible....The one that I could see best was soo sick that it looked almost dead...there was bubbles of puss coming out if its nostrils and it was barely skin and bones...it also had the yellow skin disease and its eyes were badly infected ....the other wasn't alert and was at the rear of th enclosure but the body looked to be a bit larger that the closer one...We approached the guy that was walking through to lock up and he just brushed us off and said that "the vets are on top of these things daily"....I really don't understand whay they would have sick animals on display like that...it must be stressful enough to be that sick, let alone be on display for thousands of ppl to see every day.... I would hope that my $19 entry fee and $8 parking fee goes to helping those beardies....

At least take them off display and get some healthy animals to show...

Just had to vent,...thanx
Cheers