There's a corner on 98th Ave at the bottom of the hil on one side of the freeway and a gas station right outside the turn to the zoo. What I'm trying to remember and that could have been changed, because I haven't been there in over a decade, is distance from the park area to the parking lot. If I remember right, it's a far amount, so there's also the problem of even keeping them under cover in a car. Depending on weather it could be very cold or very hot. I have a black car and when the sun hits it, it's like an oven.
The reason for no animals is a health issue for the animals at the zoo. I can remember when dogs were allowed and the safety issue we had when I worked in Baby Zoo years ago. The goats and Llamas would stampeed around kids, the dogs would pee on things, etc. Someone had brought in a Macaw and walked the place and there were birds that had to be put down a week or two later. I had Macaws myself back then as well as a few other exotics and I washed in bleach and burned my clothes when I saw this bird on the guys shoulder. It's been a while and ,y brain no longer holds what it used to, so I don't remember what it was that I thought the bird had, but later on, that's what the zoo birds caught. I was the youngster back then and no one thought I knew what I was talking about.
That all being said, there's no way we should even attempt to take them out even in the parking lot. I wish I had my van running. We could have put any birds in there and then met to pass them off afterwards. This will be a fun day though. Who better to hang out with other than chicken people?
I was thinking that before we have the next Chicken Stock, which you can't have too many of, I'd like to try and do a Chicken Swap. I'm trying to come up with a place and time for it, but thought I'd do it on this side of the Altamont, in a place where it wouldn't be hard to get to from the Bay Area or the Sacramento Area. Just someplace in between. If I can't get enough people interested in it, then I'm just going to wait until someone else puts things together and not bother. Anyway I was going to post it on the California thread and see what I can come up with.