Exotic Incident #1525
Incident Date:
06/23/2011
Location:
Indianapolis, IN - USA
Facility Name:
The Indianapolis Zoo
Facility Type:
Accredited AZA Facility (AZA)
Incident Category:
Animal Death (AD)
Species:
Marine
Animal:
Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin
Animal disposition:
Dead
Summary:
The Indianapolis Zoo announced Thursday that the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin that was born earlier this month has died. Circumstances surrounding the dolphin’s death are not yet known. A necropsy did not reveal a cause. All adult females have lost calves and only 3 calves have made it to adulthood since the zoo acquired dolphins.
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