🦁 Zoo Management System

A console-based application written in C# to help manage a zoo’s animals, enclosures, feeding schedules, and medical records.

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📖 Description

This project demonstrates the core functionality of a Zoo Management System with the ability to:

• Add and manage animals (name, species, age, enclosure)
• Add and manage staff members (name, role, contact)
• List all animals and staff in the system

The current implementation is a console-based prototype showcasing object-oriented design and basic operations. It can be extended to support GUI or web interfaces and database storage.

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🚀 Features

• Add and manage enclosures with capacity limits
• Add animals to enclosures and transfer animals between enclosures
• Search animals by name or species
• Manage medical records for each animal (add/view diagnosis and treatment history)
• Set and update feeding schedules (food type and feeding time) per animal
• Save and load data persistently using JSON files

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Data Persistence

All zoo data (enclosures, animals, feeding schedules, medical records) are saved in JSON format under the Data/zoo_data.json file automatically when you choose “Save & Exit” from the menu.

🛠️ Getting Started

Prerequisites

• (version 6.0 or higher recommended)
• A C# IDE or editor like Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, or Rider

Running the Project

1. Clone the repository or copy the source files into a C# project.
2. Build the project using your IDE or via command line:

dotnet build

Run the project:

dotnet run

The console app will demonstrate adding some animals and staff, then listing them.

Project Structure

• Program.cs — Entry point of the application
• Models/ — Contains data models:
  • Animal.cs
  • Enclosure.cs
  • FeedingSchedule.cs
  • MedicalRecord.cs
  • Zookeeper.cs (reserved for future expansion)
• Services/ — Core business logic and UI handling:
  • ZooManager.cs — Manages all zoo operations
  • MenuService.cs — Console menu and user interaction
  • DataService.cs — Handles JSON data load/save operations

Future Improvements

• Add editing and deleting animals and staff
• Implement persistent storage using a database
• Create a GUI with Windows Forms, WPF, or ASP.NET Core
• Add user authentication and role-based access
• Extend functionality to manage feeding schedules, health records, and ticketing

License

This project is open-source and available under the MIT License.