The Minnesota Zoo reports that the 44-year-old dolphin named April died Tuesday after suffering physical ailments for the past few months. (credit: Minnesota Zoo)
APPLE VALLEY, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Zoo is mourning the loss of April, an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin.
The zoo reports that the 44-year-old dolphin died Tuesday after suffering physical ailments for the past few months. A necropsy, or animal autopsy, will determine the cause of death.
April was the mother of 22-year-old Allie, another dolphin at the Apple Valley zoo, and grandmother of Taijah (TAY’-shah), born last summer. She had been at the zoo since January 2008 on loan from a Chicago zoo.
The Minnesota Zoo has another dolphin named Semo, who is 45 years old.
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10 Comments
Godspeed April!
February 15, 2011 at 3:46 pm | | Report comment
I didn’t know they could get THAT old.
February 15, 2011 at 4:13 pm | | Report comment
at least April is free like she should have always been
February 15, 2011 at 4:26 pm | | Report comment
Well at least she lived a long life! It is so sad to hear that though. May she RIP. My condolences are with the marnine mammal staff.
February 15, 2011 at 4:26 pm | | Report comment
dolphins are soooo cool
February 15, 2011 at 4:38 pm | | Report comment
yes they are so cool they are one of my favorite animals
February 16, 2011 at 3:17 pm | | Report comment
Sad
Watch “THE COVE”!!!
Sad what humans do for entertainment.
February 15, 2011 at 5:41 pm | | Report comment
Something “fishy” about this!
February 15, 2011 at 5:47 pm | | Report comment
44 years is a pretty good life for a bottlenose in captivity. Some in the wild don’t live past 30!
February 16, 2011 at 1:48 pm | | Report comment
rip
February 28, 2011 at 2:10 am | | Report comment