Overview
- Chicagoans chose Waddle over Pebble, Uno and Bean in voting held Nov. 11–20.
- The chick is being reared by foster pair Liam and Maria, with biological parents identified as Cecil and Rosie.
- Keepers plan to move the young bird to the Robert and Mayari Pritzker Penguin Cove for public viewing once it is ready.
- The zoo says community naming contests help build engagement with its African penguin programs.
- Tom Waddle, the namesake, played for the Bears from 1989 to 1994 and now works as an analyst and ESPN 1000 co-host, and he had not commented as of publication.