Malena the Amur tiger euthanized at Brookfield Zoo Chicago due to life-threatening kidney condition
Brookfield Zoo Chicago said goodbye on Friday to one of its beloved Amur tigers, Malena.
She was euthanized after one of the zoo’s vets found a developing cancer was keeping her kidneys from functioning properly, causing life-threatening heart arrhythmias.
“Due to the severity of these abnormalities, the Zoo’s veterinary experts made the incredibly difficult, but compassionate, decision to humanely euthanize her,” the zoo said in a statement.
Malena came to Brookfield Zoo in 2020, and one year later became the first Amur tiger in North America to undergo a successful total hip replacement.
Amur tigers, once known as Siberian tigers, are critically endangered, with fewer than 500 remaining in the wild.
A car flipped over on the Stevenson Expressway and fell onto train tracks in a rail yard early Friday morning.
Around 4:20 a.m., Illinois State Police said a car was driving on the outbound Stevenston Expressway ramp to Pulaski Road when it hit a guardrail, overturned onto the track, and caught fire. Police said the cause of the crash is unknown at this time.
The driver left the scene before police arrived and was last seen running on the tracks.
A 72-year-old man was shot during an attempted robbery on Chicago’s South Side early Friday morning, according to Chicago police.
Chicago police said around 1:30 a.m., the victim was walking in the 5600 block of South Justine when three people walked up and demanded he hand over his belongings.
The man refused to give up his belongings, and one of the offenders took out a gun and shot him in the leg.
The victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center and was listed in fair condition.
Area One detectives are investigating the attempted robbery. No arrests have been made.
