Animals
On Sunday, the shelter hosted its annual adoption event in Roscoe Village, bringing cats and dogs together with new pet parents and marking 12 years of the initiative in the neighborhood.
The three chicks, born in June, were given Chicago-themed names: Bean, El and Ferris.
The nearly 1,065-pound whale is currently recovering in a medical habitat at the aquarium, but an expert says she’s not yet “out of the woods.”
Chicagoans can submit names for three chicks born last month to Imani and Searocket. Submissions should “reflect Chicago’s heritage, culture and diversity” and should not be named for elected political figures, businesses or corporations.
Shedd announced the results of recent on-site voting for the name of its newest nonreleasable southern sea otter, who was rescued in Marina, Califonia.
The 15-year-old boy allegedly entered a backyard in the 5200 block of West Newport Avenue last month and killed the Pabello family’s chicken named Peep and a duck named Henry.
Over 50 people had voted in person Wednesday morning, choosing among the names Esa, Jade, Marina and Rey for the 3-year-old female sea otter, now going by Otter 937.
On Friday, three of Searocket and Imani’s eggs hatched, two before 6 a.m and another midmorning, according to Tamima Itani, lead plover monitor at Montrose Beach.
The chicks, nesting at the University of Illinois Chicago campus, died May 28. The university has hosted peregrines for more than 25 years, providing a sanctuary for the once-endangered species. Ornithologists at the Field Museum are looking into the cause of death.
“At first I was very angry but then I got hit with a wave of sadness because I was very confused,” Jacob Pabello said. “How could someone just do that?”
Malena arrived at Brookfield Zoo in 2020. Her kidneys were not functioning properly due to cancer, the zoo said.
Banks, a 14-year-old Siamese cat that was registered as lost five years ago and recently found in West Ridge, is back with his loving owner, Spencer McCreery of Indianapolis.
El escáner gratuito, una primicia en la ciudad, está destinado a ser una forma más rápida para que las familias de Chicago encuentren a sus mascotas perdidas y se mantengan fuera del refugio de Chicago Animal Care and Control.
The free scanner, a first in the city, is intended to be a faster way for lost pets to reunite with their families and keep them out of the shelter.
Though not endangered, painted turtles have a “pretty rough life,” said wildlife ecologist Dan Thompson, who said many of the tiny turtles are eaten by predators before they hatch.
Rat birth control comes to Wicker Park and Bucktown, a more 'humane' alternative to managing rodents
For 10 years in a row, Chicago has been deemed “America’s rattiest city.” Birth control is one of the latest choices for tamping down rodent populations, and it’s one of the more humane choices.
Some of the babies include Humboldt penguin chicks, a nyala antelope calf, a western gray kangaroo joey and Lake Titicaca frogs, according to the zoo.
Rescue Together, a dog and cat adoption event held in Lincoln Park, organized by Chicago Animal Care and Control and PAWS Chicago, helped pair pets and their new parents. It continues Sunday at multiple locations across the city, with more local shelters joining the mix.