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First time using the small freeform in game Myth Gardens map. (I will post screenshots in that forum when I relearn how to do it after not playing playing for 2 years: migraines.) So with 15 exhibits, a central area with gift shop, 4 nature attractions, Thai food, food & drink stands the zoo gradually lost attendance 252 down to 137 over 11 months. If I raised prices too much I expected to see complaints guests. I did not see any. Animal illnesses were taken care of quickly. Guest happiness 89 - 91. Animal happiness 98. Zoo rating low 90s. 11 keepers & 4 maintenance. I did sell a lot of animals to counter the birth rate. I know selling animals when the game is not on pause makes the other animal unhappy plus I usually sell mating pairs rather then breaking them up. I have few popular animals in the zoo. Animals: Arrau Turtle, Black-faced Spoonbill, Dimorphic Red Kangaroo, Emu, Giant River Otter, Greater Flamingo, Grey Crowned Crane, Jabiru, Japanese Giant Salamander, Kiang (beautiful graphic & movments), Marsh Deer, Mongolian Gazelle, Przewalski's Wild Horse, Saiga Antelope, Saltwater Croc, Yacare Caiman. So I went to $200/month marketing. No help. Though the zoo was already clean I added a few more trash cans around. A few more benches for resting and finally remembered to put in a zoo poo composting building. (Duh!) I also put cherry trees and lavender around the new trash bins & the composting building and put a new restroom in front of it. Slight increase of guests. Reduced gate from $51.50 to $47.50, reduced food & gift prices by 50 cents thru $2.25. Slight increase in guests over 2 game months. Debated overnight which reptile, bird, or mammal to put in the last space available of an exhibit. Komodo Dragon, Bengal Tiger, or Peafowl. I put in Peach Cameo and Java. Huge jump in guests to low 300s over 3 months. Stopped advertising. Restored the old gate price, slightly raised food & drink prices,. Tucked in a 2nd ice cream stand and a 3x3 restaurant when guest numbers reached 350. Now at 388 everything is fine plus cash on hand up by $50K. Still not certain what was wrong, but popular animal improved the numbers. Maybe this will help someone else recover their zoo. it is great to be back. And falling back into bad habit of staying up into the AM problem solving and expanding the zoo. fountain