The Clearwater Marine Aquarium is closed today, as the staff and volunteers mourn the loss of Winter, the dolphin whose rescue and rehabilitation was the crowning achievement for the facility, and was the focal point of its marketing outreach.
The 16-year-old Atlantic bottlenose dolphin died Thursday night, after being diagnosed with a “gastrointestinal abnormality” on Nov. 1. Her condition deteriorated, even as experts from across the country weighed in.
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