Ahead of National Zookeeper Week, 2 Brookfield Zoo staffers talk about the work
As National Zookeeper Week is set to kick off on July 15, two employees at Brookfield Zoo recently sat down with the Chicago Sun-Times to describe their jobs as the first line of defense for wild...
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Arnieta Kurtz, Brookfield Zoo volunteer who had a giraffe named for her, dies
As a Brookfield Zoo volunteer for 46 years, Arnieta Kurtz gave so much of herself that the zoo named a newborn giraffe for her. Born in 2007, Arnieta the giraffe grew from 4 feet to 15 feet, is still...
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‘Severely disoriented’ woman, 84, crashes vehicle inside Brookfield Zoo: police
A “severely disoriented” 84-year-old woman crashed her vehicle Thursday evening inside the Brookfield Zoo, according to Riverside police. Authorities received 911 phone calls at 9:23 p.m. that the...
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Whoopers, zoo eagle, climate change/birds, record buck: Notes, Chicago outdoors
Notes from around Chicago outdoors. FIELD NOTES WILD OF THE WEEK Kelly Tone of the Chicago Zoological Society photographed this bald eagle (below) near the Mexican Wolves exhibit at Brookfield Zoo. It...
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