Big Stars of Brookfield

The biggest stars of the zoo, of course, are the brown bears and the elephants. What could be bigger on land? Our bear does not look as ferocious as, say, a Chicago Bear linebacker, but then he did not see a football on the ground or any fresh meat in his eyesight. I assume he could be out of the pond and on the hunt if either of those appeared.

Of course in Chicago there have been suggestions that both Lincoln Park and Brookfield would be better served by not housing elephants at all, as some suggest that recent illnesses and deaths were caused by the Midwest winter temperatures. It is hard to argue that this might not be the case, but both zoos would be lessened by the absence of the noble beasts.

More zoo shots in the next post.