CLEARWATER, Fla. — Clearwater Marine Aquarium and its many visitors from across the world mourned Sunday’s news that PJ, the aquarium’s oldest bottlenose dolphin, has passed away.
She was estimated to be 51 years old, and had lived in the aquarium’s rehabilitation center since her rescue in August 2018.
Officials with the aquarium announced PJ’s passing in a statement posted online just before 10:15 a.m. on Sunday, assuring that the beloved dolphin was “in the loving arms of her animal care and vet teams as she took her last breaths.”