Going to Baton Rouge Zoo for the first time this weekend, tell me what to expect

Watch out for the chimps they throw their shite at you

It's a dump now but is about to be remodeled. It's not in a great neighborhood but you'll be fine.

Sadness.

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Should I leave the Kevlar at home or bring it?

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They don't give the animals ammo.

A bunch of Monkeys

The zoo is Not a good neighborhood, but you won’t feel unsafe driving in and out and walking to and from your car. Kevlar is definitely unnecessary. You’re not going to get mugged trying to go to the zoo.

What you will experience is a fairly underwhelming, poorly maintained zoo without many of thr classic zoo animals you’d hope to see (no elephants).
However, it’s not expensive, not crowded, and fairly shady, which comes in handy on hot summer days.

It’s a decent way to entertain a kid.

Somehow this thread will result in several bans

Just stick to the LSU area or anything south of the mall and you should be fine

Don’t leave anything valuable in your car

I’m 100% convinced that BREC has purposely run the zoo into the ground to justify spending money to move and build a new zoo and convince taxpayers to support a millage increase to do so.