>> 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.