That name sounds vaguely familiar. Yeah, it does. “Attendance at the Brookfield Zoo this year has increased nearly 100% over last year. This brings joy to the elephants, monkeys, seals, lions, hippos, peacocks, and Robert Bean. Bean, the zoo director, is pleased because it is good business. Crowds are averaging nearly 75,000 a week now. The animals are pleased because they like crowds. ‘They get lonesome in winter, when attendance is down,’ Bean reports.
