My Wildlife Sightings Zoo

So this is just a little idea I've had for a while now - essentially gonna try making a franchise zoo using only species I've seen in personally the wild and see it I can get it to work.

The good news for me is I have a decent selection to work from, which currently consists of the following:

American Bullfrog, American Bison, Asian Water Monitor, California Sea Lion, Dall Sheep, European Badger, European Fallow Deer, European Peacock Butterfly, Greater Flamingo, Grey Seal, Grizzly Bear, Japanese Macaque, Monarch Butterfly, Moose, Mute Swan, North American Beaver, Pronghorn Antelope, Red Deer, Red Fox, Red-crowned Crane, Reindeer, Saltwater Crocodile, Wild Boat

So, largely I'm looking at a Temperate focused Zoo, and on the budget of Frachise Mode, let's start out with just a little place that shows off some Bullfrogs and go from there.
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So, step 1: Get a zoo that's turning a decent profit to actually give me the income to start doing things properly, which took a little while as apparetly people refuse to pay a business to go see Bullfrogs? Weirdos, anyway, my starting point is now:

American Bullfrogs, American Beavers, Japanese Macaque

Now just to start polishing this messy little starting point before I expand further
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A little more progress - I moved the macaques to a new enclosure, and their former home now houses Asian Water Monitors. I've also begun the process of prettying the place up a bit, removing and reducing walls where I can. Still a long way to go though!
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Now.... I may have accidentally left the game running while I walked the dog and come back to £300,000 in debt so.... I guess challenge level increased? 😅

New areas for Badgers and Bison added, but the Bison are probably the cause of the debt cos of how much they cost to feed.

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It took me a long time and a lot of spent Conservation Points, but I finally got the place out of it's crippling debt!

Had a bit of a rework: the Water Monitors are gone for now because they just kept breeding and fighting every five minutes, and their old enclosure has been expanded out round the back of the utility buildings into a big Saltwater Croc Lagoon. The Bison are back, and we now have Flamingos and Grizzlies!

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