Overview

• Fundación Zorba confirmed that Coco died in July 2025 after nearly four years of rehabilitation at its sanctuary near Luján.
• Buenos Aires City Police rescued Coco in late 2021 from a closet in a Belgrano R mansion during a raid on an illegal electronic party.
• Sanctuary veterinarians treated him for severe muscular atrophy, the absence of canine teeth and neurological trauma sustained before his rescue.
• Animal rights advocates and lawyers won a judicial ruling granting Coco legal guardianship and recognition as a non-human subject of rights.
• Coco’s journey exposed enforcement gaps in Argentina’s exotic wildlife laws and spurred reforms in animal protection and trafficking regulations.