Animals At Brookfield Zoo Enjoy Halloween Treats

BROOKFIELD, IL — Several of the animals at Brookfield Zoo have recently received pumpkins. The zoo said the orangutans, Nigerian dwarf goats, sloth bears, a Puerto Rican boa, and even Quilbert, the zoo’s 3-month-old prehensile-tailed porcupine seemed to enjoy the Halloween treats.

According to the zoo, animals will also be receiving pumpkins over the next two weekends during Brookfield Zoo’s Boo! at the Zoo Halloween celebration, which takes place Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 20-21 and 27-28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The zoo said as part of the Chicago Zoological Society’s Center for the Science of Animal Welfare, staff are always thinking of ways to physically and mentally stimulate the animals at Brookfield Zoo. One way is by providing them with enrichment items they normally do not receive on a regular basis, including pumpkins.

Photos by Jim Schulz/Chicago Zoological Society.