![]() The reviewers will examine the facility’s veterinary care animal husbandry and behavior water quality and filtration and the overall environment, he says. “We are in the process of working with the National Marine Mammal Foundation to conduct a complete review and assessment of all aspects of our dolphin-care program,” Dave Blasko, executive director of animal care at The Mirage, said in a statement to National Geographic. The Mirage’s animal exhibit, which is operated by MGM Resorts International, has temporarily closed so that independent experts can investigate the deaths ticket sales have been paused through October 9. ![]() Overall bottlenose dolphin average life expectancy is 20 to 30 years, with a maximum life span of 65. All three dolphins were in the “prime of life,” she says. “It’s an exceptional number of deaths in such a short period,” says Naomi Rose, a marine mammal scientist at the nonprofit Animal Welfare Institute, in Washington, D.C.
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