The Zoo celebrated a major first when Suzy and Unk became the proud parents of the first siamang ever born in captivity.  The female baby was named Mark because of her mark in history.  The Milwaukee County Zoo received the AZA Edward H. Bean award for this birth.  This year also marked the death of longtime Zoo resident, Old Joe, the rhesus monkey, who was the first animal buried on Zoo grounds.  Joe was 24-years-old when he passed, and had sired as many as 140 offspring.  He was buried under the Monkey Island bell, which had been his favorite toy while he acted as dictator of the old Monkey Island at Washington Park Zoo.  The bell came from the last steam freight locomotive in Milwaukee, the Milwaukee Road.