Yes

Like other tiles, a Building needs to be placed on an empty space that is adjacent either to the entrance or an already placed tile.

No

The released Animal is no longer considered to be in your zoo.

You skip the effect

Yes

Yes

No

No

You may, for example, separate tiles into different groups or remove an adjacent Open Area required by a tile.

Yes

After finishing

After finishing means that you first finish your current action and move the Action cards accordingly before using this effect.

Yes

Yes

If you have multiple separate groups of connected Petting Zoo animals, each individual group scores separately.

No, only as a group

You do not gain the indicated points per Petting Zoo animal, but only for the whole group of adjacent Petting Zoo animals.

Yes

Yes

For example, a Lion scores 2 Appeal for each predator icon anywhere in your zoo. Since it is a predator itself, it scores 2 Appeal for its own icon.

No

Undefined habitat is its own category, separate from Forest, Water and Rock. If, for example, a tile scores for Water icons, do not count undefined icons for this.

Play them 1 by 1

Always carry out all effects that you trigger by playing the first Animal before you play the second Animal.

Yes

If you play 2 Animals with an upgraded Animals action card, the strength of the action must be at least as high as the sum of the levels of both Animals. For example, to play two level-2 Animals, you need an action card with strength of 4 or higher.

Yes

You may, for example, play an animal that requires 3 strength with an action card that has 4 strength

Yes

No

Your hand

If a tile requires Open Areas around it, you must either place face down tiles from your hand to create the Open Areas, and/or use the Open Areas preprinted on your Zoo map.

No

The Open Areas printed on your Zoo map do not count as tiles. You must place your first tile next to the entrance of your zoo, while other tiles may be placed either next to the entrance or next to other tiles you have placed earlier.

No

You can never rotate the tiles you place - they must be oriented the same way as your Zoo map.

Yes

Played tile

If a tile requires Open Areas, first place the tile itself on your Zoo map according to these rules, and then place the Open Areas (if necessary).

Yes

No

No

The “within range” restriction only applies during step 1. If a tile effect or placement bonus allows you to take a tile from the display, you can always take a tile from any position of the display.

Yes

A released (covered) animal no longer counts as being "in your zoo".

Any order you choose

Yes

You can use your leftmost Action card without moving any cards.

No, 1 per turn only

No, 1 per turn only

No

Yes

You may, for example, use a 2x marker if you have 4 matching icons.

No

To support a Conservation objective, you must have at least 1 matching icon in your zoo. You are therefore not allowed to replace all icons with Conservation markers when supporting a Conservation objective.

Yes

No

You may use each of your Upgrade markers only once per game (you can upgrade all 4 of your Action cards by meeting all 4 different conditions).

Yes

You may have more than 6 tiles in your hand during your turn, but during step 6 you must discard tiles from your hand until you have exactly 6 left.

No, only 1

No

If you have used all 4 of your Conservation markers or have completely covered your Zoo map, take the 10-point End-of-game marker. Then EVERYONE ELSE gets 1 more turn (excluding you). After that, move on to the final scoring. Meanwhile if the pile runs out of tiles during your turn, the game ends immediately after you finish your turn.