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This Sunday, my parents, Lana and I went to the Cincinnati Zoo. It’s apparently one of the country’s top five zoos, but our experience there definitely did not reflect that claim.

First of all, we had trouble finding the place - the signs were wrong, and we kept going around in circles until we decided to finally stop at one of the entrances. I walked in and talked to a woman at the office, who then agreed to open up that gate and let us through.

Once inside, we realized a couple of things. First of all, the layout of the zoo was not particularly straightforward. Secondly, a lot of the animals were off the exhibit or were big disappointments. They did have a wide variety of themes and there were some very interesting animals, but we were still a tad disappointed at the fact that a lot of the animals that we were interested in were unavailable.

On top of that, they did not even have some of the more famous animals available - and I felt quite bad for some of the ones that were indeed being displayed. For instance, they had the Polar Bear out at when the weather was 100 F outside. The poor animal was panting and trying to cool itself off in the water, but I imagine that the water and the land itself would be so warm for it to rest inside. That was just plain cruel.

Anyway, here are some interesting pictures of the zoo from the visit. Enjoy.