1 00:00:03,566 --> 00:00:08,133 >> THANK YOU. 2 00:00:04,433 --> 00:00:10,866 >> THE POPULATION AT BROOKFIELD 3 00:00:06,566 --> 00:00:14,133 ZOO IS GROWING. 4 00:00:08,133 --> 00:00:14,433 LAST WEEK THE SEA ADOPTED TWO 5 00:00:10,866 --> 00:00:15,166 YOUNG INJURED CALIFORNIA SEA 6 00:00:14,133 --> 00:00:16,900 LIONS. 7 00:00:14,433 --> 00:00:17,466 JAY SHEFSKY WAS THERE THIS 8 00:00:15,166 --> 00:00:19,100 MORNING TO SEE THEIR PHYSICAL 9 00:00:16,900 --> 00:00:22,433 EXAM. 10 00:00:17,466 --> 00:00:22,733 >> UNTIL LAST WEEK, BROOKFIELD 11 00:00:19,100 --> 00:00:24,833 ZOO HAD EIGHT CALIFORNIA SEA 12 00:00:22,433 --> 00:00:29,166 LIONS. 13 00:00:22,733 --> 00:00:30,366 SOON THE TWO NEWCOMERS WILL JOIN 14 00:00:24,833 --> 00:00:33,033 THE HABITAT BUT FIRST THEY MUST 15 00:00:29,166 --> 00:00:34,733 BE EXAMINED. 16 00:00:30,366 --> 00:00:36,166 >> ANY ANIMAL GETS A PHYSICAL 17 00:00:33,033 --> 00:00:37,966 EXAM UPON COMING INTO THE ZOO. 18 00:00:34,733 --> 00:00:40,000 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT 19 00:00:36,166 --> 00:00:41,900 ONLY ARE THE ANIMALS HEALTHY, 20 00:00:37,966 --> 00:00:43,133 AND IF THEY ARE NOT WE WANT TO 21 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:45,333 TREAT THEM AND GET THEM ON THE 22 00:00:41,900 --> 00:00:47,066 ROAD TO GOOD HEALTH. 23 00:00:43,133 --> 00:00:47,800 BUT WE'RE ALSO PROTECTING THE 24 00:00:45,333 --> 00:00:49,900 ANIMALS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN IN 25 00:00:47,066 --> 00:00:53,766 THE ZOO. 26 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:56,000 >> THE NEW ARRIVALS TWO-YEAR-OLD 27 00:00:49,900 --> 00:00:58,300 FEMALES CAROLYN AND SABINA FACED 28 00:00:53,766 --> 00:00:59,900 SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES. 29 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,266 SABINA IS BEING EXAMINED FIRST. 30 00:00:58,300 --> 00:01:01,800 >> HER START OF LIFE WAS NOT 31 00:00:59,900 --> 00:01:04,100 GOOD. 32 00:01:00,266 --> 00:01:07,100 AS SHE WAS FOUND STRANDED ON A 33 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:09,400 BEACH WITH NUMEROUS FISH HOOKS 34 00:01:04,100 --> 00:01:12,266 IN HER BODY I AM HE BEDDED IN 35 00:01:07,100 --> 00:01:14,433 HER BODY AND LEFT EYE. 36 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:16,933 >> SABINA WAS MALNOURISHED 37 00:01:12,266 --> 00:01:17,866 WEIGHING 31 POUNDS INSTEAD OF 38 00:01:14,433 --> 00:01:19,800 THE 100 POUNDS TYPICAL OF A 39 00:01:16,933 --> 00:01:21,466 FEMALE HER AGE. 40 00:01:17,866 --> 00:01:23,900 HER HEALTH IMPROVED AT THE REHAB 41 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:26,466 FACILITY IN CALIFORNIA. 42 00:01:21,466 --> 00:01:28,000 BUT HER DAMAGED EYE HAD TO BE 43 00:01:23,900 --> 00:01:30,333 REMOVED AND THE NATIONAL MARINE 44 00:01:26,466 --> 00:01:31,800 FISHERY SERVICE DETERMINED SHE 45 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:35,300 WAS UNLIKELY TO SURVIVE IN THE 46 00:01:30,333 --> 00:01:36,366 WILD DUE TO THE EYE DAMAGE. 47 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:38,433 HER EYES WERE EXAMINED TODAY BY 48 00:01:35,300 --> 00:01:41,066 EYE SPECIALISTS. 49 00:01:36,366 --> 00:01:44,233 THE SEA LION'S TRANSPORTATION TO 50 00:01:38,433 --> 00:01:47,200 CHICAGO WAS DONATED BY FED X. 51 00:01:41,066 --> 00:01:49,200 IN FACT, THE ANIMALS WERE NAMED 52 00:01:44,233 --> 00:01:49,633 AFTER FEDEX EMPLOYEES WHO WERE 53 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:52,200 INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING THE 54 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,900 ARRANGEMENTS. 55 00:01:49,633 --> 00:01:55,200 THE SECOND, CAROLYN COMES IN FOR 56 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:58,333 HER EXAM. 57 00:01:52,900 --> 00:01:58,666 >> SHE HAS A FLIPPER INJURY 58 00:01:55,200 --> 00:02:00,366 PROBABLY FROM A SHARK OR OTHER 59 00:01:58,333 --> 00:02:02,600 ANIMAL. 60 00:01:58,666 --> 00:02:03,000 SHE WAS SEVERELY MALNOURISHED 61 00:02:00,366 --> 00:02:04,733 WHEN FOUND ON THE CALIFORNIA 62 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:08,033 COAST. 63 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:10,800 >> UPON EXAM SHE WAS FOUND SHE 64 00:02:04,733 --> 00:02:12,400 HAD INGESTED 20-30 ROCKS. 65 00:02:08,033 --> 00:02:13,766 SO SHE WE ASSUME SHE WAS SO 66 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:16,266 HUNGRY THAT SHE ATE ROCKS. 67 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:17,633 >> THE VETS ON THE WEST COAST 68 00:02:13,766 --> 00:02:18,366 WERE ABLE TO REMOVE MOST OF THE 69 00:02:16,266 --> 00:02:20,766 ROCKS IMPROVE HER WEIGHT AND 70 00:02:17,633 --> 00:02:25,333 RELEASE HER. 71 00:02:18,366 --> 00:02:25,700 >> IT WAS A MONTH LATER SHE CAME 72 00:02:20,766 --> 00:02:26,900 BACK TO A BEACH STARVING AND 73 00:02:25,333 --> 00:02:29,200 EMACIATED. 74 00:02:25,700 --> 00:02:31,866 BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT DID 75 00:02:26,900 --> 00:02:35,300 NOT SEEM LIKE SHE WAS ABLE TO 76 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:37,466 SURVIVE IN THE WILD THE SERVICE 77 00:02:31,866 --> 00:02:39,166 DEEMED HER UNRELEASABLE AS WELL. 78 00:02:35,300 --> 00:02:40,700 >> BOTH SABINA AND CAROLYN ARE 79 00:02:37,466 --> 00:02:43,500 GETTING CAT SCANS. 80 00:02:39,166 --> 00:02:43,833 BROOKFIELD ZOO IS ONE OF THREE 81 00:02:40,700 --> 00:02:44,900 ZOOS IN THE WORLD WITH CAT SCAN 82 00:02:43,500 --> 00:02:48,233 IMAGING. 83 00:02:43,833 --> 00:02:48,533 >> FOR CANE LYNN WE ARE LOOKING 84 00:02:44,900 --> 00:02:50,233 TO SEE IF SHE HAS ROCKS IN HER 85 00:02:48,233 --> 00:02:52,966 BODY. 86 00:02:48,533 --> 00:02:54,000 IF THERE ARE A FEW THAT WE THINK 87 00:02:50,233 --> 00:02:58,933 WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET TO OUR 88 00:02:52,966 --> 00:03:00,733 VETERINARIANS ARE SKILLED AT 89 00:02:54,000 --> 00:03:03,766 GOING IN WITH ENDOSCOPY TO PULL 90 00:02:58,933 --> 00:03:08,100 OUT FOREIGN BODIES. 91 00:03:00,733 --> 00:03:11,633 FOR SABINA WE WILL BE LOOKING TO 92 00:03:03,766 --> 00:03:13,433 SEE IF SHE MIGHT HAVE FISH HOOKS 93 00:03:08,100 --> 00:03:15,766 DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN HER BODY. 94 00:03:11,633 --> 00:03:17,433 >> THE CAT SCANS FOUND NO MORE 95 00:03:13,433 --> 00:03:19,100 FISH HOOKS BUT THERE WERE ROCKS 96 00:03:15,766 --> 00:03:21,733 IN CAROLYN'S BELLY WHICH THE 97 00:03:17,433 --> 00:03:23,866 TEAM WILL WORK TO REMOVE. 98 00:03:19,100 --> 00:03:25,166 AFTER TODAY'S EXAM, THE TWO SEA 99 00:03:21,733 --> 00:03:27,133 LIONS WILL SPEND A FEW WEEKS 100 00:03:23,866 --> 00:03:29,100 UNDER OBSERVATION BY THE ANIMAL 101 00:03:25,166 --> 00:03:31,300 CARE TEAM AND HAVE A CHANCE TO 102 00:03:27,133 --> 00:03:31,766 GET ACCLIMATED TO THEIR NEW HOME 103 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:33,500 BEFORE JOINING THE SEA LION 104 00:03:31,300 --> 00:03:35,700 HABITAT. 105 00:03:31,766 --> 00:03:38,000 >> THESE ANIMALS THEY ARE NEVER 106 00:03:33,500 --> 00:03:38,933 GOING TO STARVE AGAIN THEY WILL 107 00:03:35,700 --> 00:03:41,300 HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED AND 108 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:43,000 EXCELLENT VETERINARY CARE AND A 109 00:03:38,933 --> 00:03:44,533 TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT LOVE THEM. 110 00:03:41,300 --> 00:03:46,300 AND ARE EXCITED TO SHARE THEM 111 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:47,600 WITH ALL OF OUR VISITORS HERE AT 112 00:03:44,533 --> 00:03:49,966 THE ZOO. 113 00:03:46,300 --> 00:03:51,600 >> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS 114 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:54,233 JAY SHEFSKY. 115 00:03:49,966 --> 00:03:54,766 >> THIS AFTERNOON WE GOT WORD 116 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:56,133 THAT BOTH SEA LIONS WERE DOING 117 00:03:54,233 --> 00:03:58,133 WELL. 118 00:03:54,766 --> 00:04:00,300 SABINA SWAM AND TOOK A NAP AND 119 00:03:56,133 --> 00:04:00,600 THE VETS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY 120 00:03:58,133 --> 00:04:02,766 REMOVED THE ROCKS FROM CAROLYN'S 121 00:04:00,300 --> 00:04:04,700 BELLY.