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The first city money was spent for the care of animals in Miller Park in 1891. Although there was at least one deer, there is no definite list of the animals that the first payment supported. The zoo was started when a circus lion cub ended up on James T. Miller's farm around 1900, and was eventually given to the city of Bloomington. [ 3 ]
Miller Park was also once home to what the locals called "Monkey Island" during the 1960s. In the middle of man-made Miller Park Lake, there stood a platform with the metal dome that once belonged to McLean County Courthouse, [1] on which they had a live monkey exhibit, designed by Grover Kathoffer. [2]
Giraffes are known for their peaceful nature and their preference for living together in close family social groups. Although they rarely fight with each other, there are times when two male ...
The number of giraffes has decreased by nearly 30% since the 1980s, per the Giraffe Conservation Foundation Giraffes Need Protections of Endangered Species Act After Declining Numbers, U.S ...
Chicago cartoonist John T. McCutcheon was the president of the Chicago Zoological Society from 1921 until 1948 and oversaw the zoo's construction, opening and its early years, including helping it through the war years, when the zoo saw a decrease in attendance. Grace Olive Wiley briefly worked as a reptile curator at the zoo in 1935. [26]
African giraffes are in danger of becoming extinct. Hunting and poaching have decimated the continent's giraffe population by about 40 percent, according to one estimate. There are now only about ...
A man standing on slaughterhouse-derived waste in Bubbly Creek in Chicago in 1911. The area surrounding Bubbly Creek was originally a wetland; during the 19th century, channels were dredged to increase the rate of flow into the Chicago River and dry out the area to increase the amount of habitable land in the fast-growing city.
A massive snapping turtle lounging on a bed of rusty chains in the Chicago River has won hearts on the internet after a viral video circulated Twitter. Meet 'Chonkosaurus,' the viral Chicago River ...