This story has been updated to reflect new information. The scene at Brookfield Zoo was a tribute to medical science, to cooperation on behalf of endangered animals and, especially, to anesthesiology.

Tacoma the Siberian tiger is the ripe old age of 13 and his golden years have been painful. The big cat has debilitating arthritis and walks with a bad limp. But, his caretakers gave the cat a ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Video and photos suggest a tiger kept at a Baton Rouge-area truck stop may be ill, an animal rights group says. The Animal Legal Defense Fund has asked the U.S. Department of ...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - An arthritic Malayan Tiger is receiving groundbreaking treatment at Sunset Zoo in Manhattan, Kan. According to Sunset Zoo officials, they helped provide Hakim, its 17-year-old ...

The Brookfield Zoo decided to go through with the surgery in an effort to give Malena the Amur tiger "a good quality life for many years down the road." Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She ...

These veterinarians really earned their stripes. A hip replacement surgery performed on a tiger at an Illinois zoo went well Wednesday, according to the medical staff behind the procedure. Malena, a ...

Malena, an Amur tiger, is prepped for hip replacement surgery at Brookfield Zoo, Jan. 27, 2021. Malena suffers from an arthritic hip and underwent total hip replacement surgery with a custom designed, ...

Video and photos suggest a tiger kept at a Baton Rouge-area truck stop may be ill, an animal rights group says. The Animal Legal Defense Fund has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ...

An arthritic tiger has received rare and life-preserving hip-replacement surgery. A 10-year-old Amur or Siberian tiger — named Malena — underwent a 6½-hour surgery at a veterinary hospital at the ...