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Behind the Scenes at Brookfield Zoo’s Animal Hospital

It takes a large and dedicated team to care for more than 3,000 animals at Brookfield Zoo.

Aired 11/21/2016 | Rating NR

Chicago Tonight

Behind the Scenes at Brookfield Zoo’s Animal Hospital

Clip: 11/21/2016 | 5m 1sVideo has Closed Captions

It takes a large and dedicated team to care for more than 3,000 animals at Brookfield Zoo.

Chicago Tonight was recently given behind-the-scenes access to observe the animal welfare team as they took care of Zenda, a 10-year-old male lion who appeared to be having trouble chewing its food.

Aired 11/21/2016 | Rating NR

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