Animal Welfare by the Numbers

If you’ve been following our blogs or have visited our website, you’re probably familiar with the six scientists on the animal welfare research team, who work behind the scenes daily on behalf of our collection to gather and analyze data informing methods to maintain excellent animal welfare. In addition to monitoring our own collection, a pillar of the animal welfare department is to collaborate with other accredited zoos and aquariums to work together for continuous improvement. In this post I will detail some of the numbers of what it takes to accomplish all the work that we do.
 

posted 7/23/2018 11:38:56 AM



National Zoo Keeper Week (July 15-21)

Brookfield Zoo is celebrating National Zoo Keeper Week, July 15-21. Check each day for a new video profile of one our animal care specialists.

posted 7/16/2018 10:42:31 AM



Porcupette (Baby Porcupine) Born at Brookfield Zoo

Brookfield Zoo, is getting right to the point and announcing the birth of a porcupette—a baby porcupine—born on July 2. The porcupette is the first of its species, the prehensile-tailed porcupine, to be born at Brookfield Zoo. After monitoring the mother, 5-year-old Lucia, for an extended period of time, it became clear that she was not going to provide her offspring proper maternal care, as she was not allowing him to nurse. At that time, animal care and veterinary staff made the decision to intervene and hand-rear the baby, who is thriving.

posted 7/10/2018 2:28:40 PM



Kirk's dik-dik Calf Born at Brookfield Zoo

A male Kirk’s dik-dik was born on June 4, 2018, at Brookfield Zoo, weighing about 1.5 pounds. The Kirk's dik-kik is one of the world’s smallest antelope species. Based on the recommendation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Kirk’s dik-dik Species Survival Plan, the calf is being hand-reared by animal care staff. Currently, the calf is given a milk bottle four to five times a day as well as chopped hay.

posted 7/9/2018 3:29:35 PM



Brookfield Zoo Announces Name of Month-old Gorilla

The Chicago Zoological Society, which manages Brookfield Zoo, is happy to announce the western lowland gorilla born on June 1 is a female and has been named Ali. The 1-month-old infant and her mother, Koola, can be seen in the zoo’s Tropic Word: Africa habitat along with Koola’s two other offspring Kamba, 13, and Nora, 4; Zachary (Kamba’s son), 2; Binti Jua (Koola’s mother), 30; and JoJo (the infant’s father), 38.
 

posted 7/2/2018 1:04:50 PM



CZS & Brookfield Zoo

Since the opening of Brookfield Zoo in 1934, the Chicago Zoological Society has had an international reputation for taking a cutting-edge role in animal care and conservation of the natural world. Learn more about the animals, people, and research that make up CZS here at our blog.
 

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