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I sold all my Blue Macaws - they bred far too often (indeed I would say they bred like rabbits) and the exhibit was beginning to be too small - and, thanks to @Cricket's new file - adopted Ligabueinos! And indeed! That's a lovely example of sexual dimorphism (of course, the true nature of Ligabueino isn'tknown, but that is the case with all or almost all dinosaurs that their colour etc. is unknown) - red females, a blue male, and blue young.

I build zoos quite chaotically (even to the extent that I sometimes don't notice if all animals die of old age or something), make big exhibits and little landscaping. And I use many, many different files as can be seen from the animals and buildings. My focus is entirely on building the exhibits...

Two more exhibits only possible thanks to the lovely additional uploads by @Cricket today: All colours of flamingoes! When the exhibit was always "too small", I expanded it with the other half of the former horse and the former Shetland Pony exhibit. both had been empty for a while now, and I had given half of it to the Red Deer already. And this was the result: And the colourful ostriches:

Turn another corner in the park & you find yourself amongst rainforest inhabitants

Hi, do you also do "violent restarts" (that's my own invented term) when playing freeform, i.e. by - at some point when you have (almost) finished the zoo and don't know what to change/do next - selling everything (restaurants, shops, fences, paths,...), letting all the animals escape and the staff having to catch them? And then, you sell the animals in the transport boxes, fire all or most of the staff, and start all over again? I have done this in my early youth already, and I am doing it again when I rediscovered ZTCC.

Recently expanded the Red Deer exhibit. "Terraforming" is the first thing I'll do when I play again.

The four (significant) unused areas of my zoo: Terrain shows that, before the last violent restart, the area was indeed used and part of one or more exhibit(s) . Some hours ago, I abandoned keeping Bactrian Camels. They were always unhappy, got ill etc. In such cases, I rarely change the terrain before building a new exhibit. Stegodon was always unhappy and trampled all its plants and even its shelter to rubble despite high suitability. The Iberian Lynx exhibit went far better, but at some point, all had died of old age and I had no idea yet how to use this part. To the left is an entirely unused area with its terrain from before the last violent restart. And this, before the last violent restart, was part of a Sivatherium exhibit. Don't know whether I cwill make something in the long, but narrow area to the left of the DBT-Station (that's the German term and means "Dinosaur Recovery Team Station):

And here, the Lowland Anoa. In my youth, namely when I was 16 and travelling to Hamburg, I had a slight argument with my mother. When we were at Hagenbecks Tierpark, my mother was a bit tired already and wanted to go home (i.e. into our holiday flat), but I wanted to see the Lowland Anoa (one of the unknown animals I already knew at the age of five). In the end, we did head for the anoa exhibit... And now I can make an exhibit for it!

On purpose: A pyramid shelter (from the lovely "Wild Life Animal Shelters" pack, pretty much the first mod I downloaded after being approved here!) in the snow/gray stone-type terrain that a Peary Caribou needs!

One of my favourite joint exhibits: Andrewsarchus, Peary Caribou, Rinchenia, and Moose (or Elk?) (it's the ingame moose anyway)!

There are also several exhibits that prefer conifrous forest in the collection

Opposite the farm is part of the woodland walk where you find several species from Europe & N America

There's an area for woodland animals on the far side of the zoo

The impressive looking parish church, still used today, stands in the park

Part of the farm is still used as a petting zoo

The walk through this part of the zoo also includes the old observatory built in the parkland by Sir Mortimer's father , Sir Tobias

Some of the buildings have become staff housing

You can still see traces of the old farm as you wander around

The slightly sunken paddocks can give the impression that there are no fences between exhibits

The paths here meander betwen the exhibitshere

This now completes the first part of the tour around the main college estate, inclding a quick look at the Oriental gardens constructed by Sir Mortimer for his wife Lady Elaine who spent many years in China in the 1930's. The students find the atmosphere restful here. Next we'lll be moving out into the old farmland purchased by the NZS as it's collection grew

There's quite a good collection of birds here

Spacious aviaries have been provided for a range of birds

The last of the primate islands backs on to another Meso American temple

On the other side of the grounds are the Primate Islands, built around the family mausoleum and a replica of a Mayan temple, hidden in the trees;but there are no S American primates here...

The pachyderms have a truly spectacular area which was originally funded by a rich maharajah

Here are the last few views ofthe Carnivore breeding centre

This isthe other side of the wild dogs section, andthe glasshouses