CLEARWATER, Fla. — PJ, the eldest bottlenose dolphin at Clearwater Marine Aquarium, has died, aquarium officials announced Sunday. She was estimated to be about 51 years old.
Hope starred in “Dolphin Tale 2” and was rescued five years and a day in the Indian River Lagoon after Winter the dolphin, of “Dolphin Tale” was rescued. “Hope is currently flourishing at CMA, where she has learned several behaviors for medical care, mental stimulation, and exercise,” according to a press release.
Izzy is CMA's newest resident Atlantic bottlenose dolphin. She was rescued near North Padre Island,Texas in June 2022 after years of illegal human interaction in the wild caused her health to decline and required intervention.