An animalistic Thanksgiving feast at Brookfield Zoo

Before sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner, feast your eyes on what various animals eat as their Thanksgiving meals, during the Brookfield Zoo's Thanksgiving Day Feast for the Animals.

At the special event, which begins at noon on Thursday, Nov. 26, families can watch Bluebell and Moodspot (draft horses); Mac and Cheese (Nubian goats); Magnolia, Emma, and Crissey (Holstein cows); and Heidi (reindeer) all being fed by zookeepers. And zoogoers may get the chance to assist Children’s Zoo keepers in feeding them nutritious tasty treats. Menu items include apples, carrots, sweet corn, oranges, timothy hay, alfalfa, hog chow, grapes, lettuce, bananas and duck chow.

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After helping out, guests can watch as zookeepers feed some of the not-so-tame animals like the hawks, bald eagle, owls, woodchucks, and raccoons. 

Admission to Brookfield Zoo is $12 for adults and $8 for children 3-11 and seniors 65 and over. Children 2 and under are free. Free general zoo admission is offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays, now through February. Additionally, Saturdays and Sundays are free in January and February. Children 2 and under are free. Car parking is $8. Children’s Zoo is free through March 1, 2010.

For more information, visit www.CZS.org.