Is there a ZOO in your game?

Oi, that looks very nice! And on the 64x64 you got more space. My two horses have a decent stable but the outdoors is real small. I was planning to allow visitors riding, but wish there was some more space for that. In the town there is traffic right outside the main fences, but you can benefit from the endless countryside.

I think a zoo won't need all facilities from day one. It will be fun making adjustments eventually, perhaps one new attraction every so and so. Your sheep and goats sections seems rather spacious, I'd easily squeeze in a small themed exhibit area (insect farms?) there.

And I see you remembered the bird tree, which I totally forgot! It is quite small so even my zoo should find a free spot for i :)

What's your main plan for income?

If you add the fox lot challenge you can also have foxes in your zoo. You could pretend they escaped their enclosure. Also, there's swans and crocodile effects for the ponds. 

You might consider using the "Ranch Animal Day" event from Horse Ranch as a way to attract visitors/earn money while playing as the Zoo Keeper. It's basically designed as a way to run a petting zoo:

> You can invite random unknown sims, which for a public venue would make sense. This is a feature of the 2 events that came with HR.
> Guest/Helper Sims will interact/care for animals autonomously, so the animals get some socialisation and some needs met.
> Reward/Prize for hosting event is cash, so it pays for upkeep/improvements.
> You can host them whenever you want, so can take time off from hosting as needed, or add in market days for the produce sales.
> Friends of the resident can also host parties on Residential lots, so you could also host them from "guest" households (who have met and befriended the Zoo Keeper and added them to guest list) and then gift some/all of the prize money to the Zoo Keeper for upkeep.

Forgot to mention - the Ranch Gathering sounds interesting! I never tried that before, i rarely throw any events at all. I gotta test this one! :)

I haven't tried any ranch events either - let me know how it goes! I didn't think about insect farms - yes, I could put those in too, and bees. I would think the income can come from all the produce sold - there will be milk from the cow and goats, wool from the llama and sheep, honey and beeswax from the bees, eggs from the chickens, and fish from the pond if it was stocked with decent-priced ones. If there was time, there could also be horse racing, though just looking after so many animals will take up lots of time!

Very nice! 👍🐶🦊🐱🐮🐔🐸🐎🐳

Yes, I think the bigger challenge will be finding time to administrate all those chores. My keeper household counts 3 sims all old enough to work there, but it might mean no time for personal interests. So, I'm thinking that milking, shearing and harvesting honey/wax etc will be the first chores to be skipped occasionally. Animal's being clean and fed will be first priority, but it means less produce to sell unless everything is well organized. I like challenges though :)  I plan selling only through the backyard sales table, never directly from inventory.

Awesome! This will be brilliant for a zoo run on a residential lot. Thanks!

That is sooo cooool. I never thought of doing that. Is it on the gallery?

Do you think the animated snake is in debug?