New Home for Lions at Lincoln Park Zoo

Sighted and visually impaired members of the Chicago Uptown Lions Club enjoyed a special tour of the new state-of-the-art Pepper Family Wildlife Center recently opened to replace the old Lincoln Park Zoo Lion House.

Fans of the old Lion House originally built in 1912 will be happy to see that the renovation was achieved in a way that preserves and enhances the architecturally significant features of the historic structure.

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Thanks to tour guide Bill Green, Hart Prins Fund Accessibility & Inclusion Manager.

Chicago Uptown Lions Mark Kotz, Sharon Howerton, Suzy Travers-Byster, Bob Solomon and Albert Anderson, with guest Juile Lovison.

Editorial photos of Chicago Uptown Lions Club visit to Pepper Wildlife Center by Reno Lovison October 2021

Lincoln Park Zoo Lion House
Preparing wireless headset
Preparing for zoo tour
Feeling an enlarged example of the surface of a lion’s tongue.
Lion House Lincoln Park Zoo
Lion House Lincoln Park Zoo
Feeling the impression of a lions foot print.
Chicago Lincoln Park Zoo Lion House
Leader of the pride at Lincoln Park Zoo
Lion House at Lincoln Park Zoo
Visually impaired examine a 3D map of the savanna .
Members of the Chicago Uptown Lions Club visit Lincoln Park Zoo.
Members of the Chicago Uptown Lions Club visit Lincoln Park Zoo.
Pepper Family Wildlife Center at Lincoln Park Zoo.

Update: This original story written by us was printed in the Inside Publications Chicago area newspapers and an excerpt was used in the Lions International Club magazine.