Chicagoans were fascinated with the Land Down Under during the 1980s. And it didn’t hurt that Australia’s creatures were adorable too. Lincoln Park Zoo welcomed a pair of koalas 36 year…
Brumby, a male koala, makes his public debut at the Brookfield Zoo on June 18, 2024. He's one of two male koalas on loan for at least two years. They're the first koalas to live at the zoo in its 90-year history. People wait outside the Hamill Family Play Zoo to view of the public debut of two male koalas at Brookfield Zoo, June 18, 2024.
Brumby, a male koala, makes his public debut at the Brookfield Zoo on June 18, 2024. He's one of two male koalas on loan for at least two years. They're both around 2 years old and are the first koalas to live at the zoo in its 90-year history. Brookfield Zoo members watch Brumby, a male koala, at his public debut at the Brookfield Zoo on June 18, 2024. Brookfield ZooBut it’s not the first time koalas have called Chicago home — Lincoln Park Zoo welcomed a pair of these marsupials 36 years ago. At the time, koalas were at thein their homeland and zoologists were interested in furthering the species. It wasn’t an easy relationship, but it was a boon of visitors and merchandise sales.A Sept.
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