>> THANK YOU.
>> THE POPULATION AT BROOKFIELD
ZOO IS GROWING.
LAST WEEK THE SEA ADOPTED TWO
YOUNG INJURED CALIFORNIA SEA
LIONS.
JAY SHEFSKY WAS THERE THIS
MORNING TO SEE THEIR PHYSICAL
EXAM.
>> UNTIL LAST WEEK, BROOKFIELD
ZOO HAD EIGHT CALIFORNIA SEA
LIONS.
SOON THE TWO NEWCOMERS WILL JOIN
THE HABITAT BUT FIRST THEY MUST
BE EXAMINED.
>> ANY ANIMAL GETS A PHYSICAL
EXAM UPON COMING INTO THE ZOO.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT
ONLY ARE THE ANIMALS HEALTHY,
AND IF THEY ARE NOT WE WANT TO
TREAT THEM AND GET THEM ON THE
ROAD TO GOOD HEALTH.
BUT WE'RE ALSO PROTECTING THE
ANIMALS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN IN
THE ZOO.
>> THE NEW ARRIVALS TWO-YEAR-OLD
FEMALES CAROLYN AND SABINA FACED
SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES.
SABINA IS BEING EXAMINED FIRST.
>> HER START OF LIFE WAS NOT
GOOD.
AS SHE WAS FOUND STRANDED ON A
BEACH WITH NUMEROUS FISH HOOKS
IN HER BODY I AM HE BEDDED IN
HER BODY AND LEFT EYE.
>> SABINA WAS MALNOURISHED
WEIGHING 31 POUNDS INSTEAD OF
THE 100 POUNDS TYPICAL OF A
FEMALE HER AGE.
HER HEALTH IMPROVED AT THE REHAB
FACILITY IN CALIFORNIA.
BUT HER DAMAGED EYE HAD TO BE
REMOVED AND THE NATIONAL MARINE
FISHERY SERVICE DETERMINED SHE
WAS UNLIKELY TO SURVIVE IN THE
WILD DUE TO THE EYE DAMAGE.
HER EYES WERE EXAMINED TODAY BY
EYE SPECIALISTS.
THE SEA LION'S TRANSPORTATION TO
CHICAGO WAS DONATED BY FED X.
IN FACT, THE ANIMALS WERE NAMED
AFTER FEDEX EMPLOYEES WHO WERE
INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING THE
ARRANGEMENTS.
THE SECOND, CAROLYN COMES IN FOR
HER EXAM.
>> SHE HAS A FLIPPER INJURY
PROBABLY FROM A SHARK OR OTHER
ANIMAL.
SHE WAS SEVERELY MALNOURISHED
WHEN FOUND ON THE CALIFORNIA
COAST.
>> UPON EXAM SHE WAS FOUND SHE
HAD INGESTED 20-30 ROCKS.
SO SHE WE ASSUME SHE WAS SO
HUNGRY THAT SHE ATE ROCKS.
>> THE VETS ON THE WEST COAST
WERE ABLE TO REMOVE MOST OF THE
ROCKS IMPROVE HER WEIGHT AND
RELEASE HER.
>> IT WAS A MONTH LATER SHE CAME
BACK TO A BEACH STARVING AND
EMACIATED.
BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT DID
NOT SEEM LIKE SHE WAS ABLE TO
SURVIVE IN THE WILD THE SERVICE
DEEMED HER UNRELEASABLE AS WELL.
>> BOTH SABINA AND CAROLYN ARE
GETTING CAT SCANS.
BROOKFIELD ZOO IS ONE OF THREE
ZOOS IN THE WORLD WITH CAT SCAN
IMAGING.
>> FOR CANE LYNN WE ARE LOOKING
TO SEE IF SHE HAS ROCKS IN HER
BODY.
IF THERE ARE A FEW THAT WE THINK
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET TO OUR
VETERINARIANS ARE SKILLED AT
GOING IN WITH ENDOSCOPY TO PULL
OUT FOREIGN BODIES.
FOR SABINA WE WILL BE LOOKING TO
SEE IF SHE MIGHT HAVE FISH HOOKS
DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN HER BODY.
>> THE CAT SCANS FOUND NO MORE
FISH HOOKS BUT THERE WERE ROCKS
IN CAROLYN'S BELLY WHICH THE
TEAM WILL WORK TO REMOVE.
AFTER TODAY'S EXAM, THE TWO SEA
LIONS WILL SPEND A FEW WEEKS
UNDER OBSERVATION BY THE ANIMAL
CARE TEAM AND HAVE A CHANCE TO
GET ACCLIMATED TO THEIR NEW HOME
BEFORE JOINING THE SEA LION
HABITAT.
>> THESE ANIMALS THEY ARE NEVER
GOING TO STARVE AGAIN THEY WILL
HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED AND
EXCELLENT VETERINARY CARE AND A
TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT LOVE THEM.
AND ARE EXCITED TO SHARE THEM
WITH ALL OF OUR VISITORS HERE AT
THE ZOO.
>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS
JAY SHEFSKY.
>> THIS AFTERNOON WE GOT WORD
THAT BOTH SEA LIONS WERE DOING
WELL.
SABINA SWAM AND TOOK A NAP AND
THE VETS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY
REMOVED THE ROCKS FROM CAROLYN'S
BELLY.