A fishing cat kitten was born at the zoo on October 31st and has made his public debut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsSsSBkaj4M
The Fragile Rainforest exhibit has been switched around. - the Clouded Leopards and Binturongs have switched exhibits. - the old snake exhibit now contains a Argus Monitor. -a new Cocunut Crab is also on exhibit.
Orang, Kecil, is now on display with his surrogate mom Maggie. Kecil’s big debut at Brookfield Zoo | WGN-TV
Anana, the zoo's female polar bear, is scheduled to move back to the Buffalo Zoo towards the end of spring. Buffalo Zoo Blog: Polar Bear Kali expected to move to Saint Louis Zoo
Two red panda siblings will be arriving from Mill Mountain Zoo soon. Baby red pandas leaving Mill Mountain Zoo - Local News - Mobile
A bird show called Festival of Flight is at the zoo until Labor Day. https://www.czs.org/Flight A zoo worker was fired after she posted on Facebook about having to serve "rude a$$ white people." Brookfield Zoo Fires Worker After Facebook Post About “Rude … White People” CBS Chicago
A litter of four or five Mexican gray wolf puppies were born a few weeks ago and are just starting to venture out of the den, and the large-spotted genet exhibit in The Fragile Desert has been replaced by Moholi bushbabies.
I've added photos of the new Wild Encounters exhibit to the Brookfield Zoo gallery. I had the privilege of attending a VIP preview of the exhibit last night. Wild Encounters is amazing!
Actually, there were four or five pups born (zoo staff aren't sure how many there are, but I've seen 4 pups the last two times I've visited them). Here is the zoo's press release: Chicago Zoological Society - About CZS
Also Allies calf has finally been placed on display and given a name, Maxine. (one of the worst names one could pick for a dolphin IMO)
At least things seem to be working out for Allie this time, I'll take a bad dolphin name any day of the week if the calf is healthy. But yeah, eww. Maybe for a dog but for a sea mammal? No.
The baby boom continues with the birth of a female Grevy's zebra. Female Grevy's Zebra Born at Brookfield Zoo Outside Chicago - ABC News
All 54 rays in the zoo's Stingray Bay died on Friday Brookfield Zoo closes Stingray Bay after rays die | Chicago