'This place wouldn´t be here if it wasn´t for Winter,' Powell said.
It put the non-profit aquarium, first opened in 1972 on the site of a former water treatment plant, on the map internationally. The film, starring Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Kris Kristofferson, Morgan Freeman and Nathan Gamble, was largely shot at the Clearwater aquarium and surrounding Tampa Bay locations. Winter was two months old when her tail became entangled in a crab trap near Cape Canaveral, which forced its amputation.ĭolphin Tale, which was released in 2011, chronicled Winter's recovery and the unprecedented, lengthy effort to fit her with a prosthetic tail. Shelly Marquardt, in a statement released by the aquarium. 'While we are heartbroken by Winter's death, we are comforted knowing that our team did everything possible to give her the best chance at survival,' said veterinarian Dr. as animal care experts from around the country worked to treat her gastrointestinal abnormality,' the aquarium said in a statement Thursday night, adding that staffers were ' devastated' by the loss.
'With heavy hearts, CMA (Clearwater Marine Aquarium) announced tonight that Winter the Dolphin died at approximately 8 p.m. Winter, a 16-year-old female bottlenose dolphin, died while being held by animal care experts at Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Tampa who were preparing her for a procedure to treat the gastrointestinal issue, aquarium officials said. A prosthetic-tailed dolphin whose story captured the hearts of millions after she lost her tail and became a star in the 2011 film Dolphin Tale died Thursday at a Florida aquarium after suffering an intestinal blockage earlier this month.
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