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I am right now trying to complete the Mysterious Panda Campaign, but I only have 4.5 stars. But if I release an animal to the wild or anything like that I loose 0.5 stars. And I really can't afford any really big time animals such as the Spectacled Bear or Goblin Shark or something. I have on a daily basis anywhere from $1,500 to $8,000. Althouh I do own a pair of Markhor, Baird's Tapir, G. Tortoises, and S. Oryx but those are my most endangered animals. Any tips? 

buy a cheap animal, like a peafowl or a gazelle, and release that into the wild. and if your a 4.5 star zoo, how do you only have between $1,500 and $8,000? when i'm at 3.5 stars i'm usually making $15,000 a month, even more most times!

Your zoo is probobly big enough that you can leave it be for a while. I would save until you have At Least $50,000. You'll need to do that eventually anyways to get the panda. Once you have it over fifty grand keep it there. Even after you have bought an animal you should have it around fifty. Get a few more animals and work your way up to five stars.

Once you have it up to five stars Save Your Game. The decline absolutly every animal you ahve up for adoption until you get a panda. If your fame drops bellow five stars before you get one re-load your game. Once you have the panda get a male Only. Another $50,000 will be dropped into your bank acount and you will get a female free. Once that is done you just have to keep them happy until you have a baby.

Tip: Keep the pandas away from guests. If their privacy is down then they will breed/mate faster.

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I'm not sure it seems if I make more money sometimes for zoo income, other times I make absolutly nothing. I'm going to check my monthly income. And another question would having $50 entree fee do anything to go against me?

Rosey_Unicorn:

Your zoo is probobly big enough that you can leave it be for a while. I would save money (basicly not do anything or the bare minimum) until you have At Least $50,000. You'll need to do that eventually anyways to get the panda. Once you have it over fifty grand keep it there. Even after you have bought an animal you should have it around fifty. Get a few more animals and work your way up to five stars.

Once you have it up to five stars Save Your Game. The decline absolutly every animal you have up for adoption until you get a panda. If your fame drops bellow five stars before you get one re-load your previously saved game. Once you have the panda get a male. Only a male. Another $50,000 will be dropped into your bank acount and you will get a female free. Once that is done you just have to keep them happy until they have a baby.

Tip: Keep the pandas away from guests or use a solid fence. If their privacy is down then they will breed/mate faster.

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you will never get much money from admissions. you'll make most of your money from donations, food stands, gift carts, and tours. but if you do have at least a 4 star zoo, then having an expensive admissions rate would not hurt. oh, also make sure your food stands and other money making objects are in areas where LOTS of guests pass through. and have an atm there too, cause people do actually use it. i once had 60 uses in one month

zootycoonman223:

I am right now trying to complete the Mysterious Panda Campaign, but I only have 4.5 stars. But if I release an animal to the wild or anything like that I loose 0.5 stars. And I really can't afford any really big time animals such as the Spectacled Bear or Goblin Shark or something. I have on a daily basis anywhere from $1,500 to $8,000. Althouh I do own a pair of Markhor, Baird's Tapir, G. Tortoises, and S. Oryx but those are my most endangered animals. Any tips? 

 

Remember that zoo fame is a multi-tiered thing. You release an animal and it drops half a star. Why? Because either the # of species or # of animals decreased when you released. Simply you need more animals. Different kinds of animals. I recommend putting in a tour if you haven't already (as these will definitely take off and get you money QUICK). The tour basically will fund like a chimpanzee or orangutan. chimps and apes are VERY entertaining. The more entertaining your animals are the more fame and donations you will get.

As far as entertainment goes, also look to add MOOSE (yes, kids love them), Penguins, Barbary Apes (or any cheap chimp,ape,monkey), Asian/African elephant (I think asians are cheaper) at your # of stars you'd have access to the painting easel for the elephants and chimps... guests love this....

also make sure guests have atm's at appropriate places and also enough donation boxes... if you get even 1 complaint of not finding an atm or donation box, you just lost money!

So get some entertaining animals, get MORE animals, release the aging ones into the wild. right now you sound like you are probably playing cat and mouse with some of your originals dying and now you are trying to replace, but aren't doing so fast enough. guests hate to watch animals die.

Also, are your guests entertained? resturaunts? desserts? benches? binoculars? fountains? statues? rides? tours?

 

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