Overview

• The male bottlenose calf was born to first-time mother Allie on June 7, marking the zoo’s first such birth since 2014.
• Despite around-the-clock monitoring and initial healthy development, staff observed a sudden behavioral change and the calf became unresponsive on the evening of June 11.
• The zoo announced the calf’s death on June 12 and said the cause remains unknown pending necropsy results.
• Veterinarians and animal care teams are continuing to closely monitor Allie and the rest of the dolphin pod in the Seven Seas habitat.
• Brookfield Zoo officials plan to use insights from the calf’s birth and loss to advance scientific understanding of dolphin neonatology and care.