{"id":342465,"date":"2026-06-02T04:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T04:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/342465\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T04:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T04:42:10","slug":"beloved-seaworld-san-diego-staple-dottie-the-39-year-old-dolphin-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/342465\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved SeaWorld San Diego staple Dottie the 39-year-old dolphin dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dottie, a beloved 39-year-old dolphin at <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/27\/us-news\/injured-manatee-and-baby-calf-taken-to-seaworld-after-being-rescued-from-florida-river\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:SeaWorld San Diego;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;SeaWorld San Diego&quot;}\" class=\"link \">SeaWorld San Diego<\/a>, has died \u2014 a loss the park mourned in a heartfelt announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dottie was born at <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/11\/lifestyle\/uki-the-adorable-orphan-baby-walrus-from-alaska-settles-into-new-home\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:SeaWorld Orlando;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;SeaWorld Orlando&quot;}\" class=\"link \">SeaWorld Orlando<\/a> before spending most of her life at SeaWorld San Diego, where she became a favorite among both trainers and visitors. She raised four calves and was remembered in a statement from SeaWorld for her inquisitive nature and distinctive personality.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Dottie was 39, first born at SeaWorld Orlando before she was taken to SeaWorld San Diego. SeaWorld San Diego\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ec17d9738acf596bf464d8d097fc1375.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dottie was 39, first born at SeaWorld Orlando before she was taken to SeaWorld San Diego. SeaWorld San Diego<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Dottie was remembered by fans around the world. Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"768\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/eea1f980beaf3649311ae20e9106d863.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dottie was remembered by fans around the world. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cDottie shared an exceptionally close bond with her care team. These relationships supported the trust needed for voluntary diagnostic behaviors that helped maintain her health, particularly when diagnosed with kidney stones in 2010,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAfter a groundbreaking procedure by the SeaWorld veterinary team, she went on to continue to thrive for another 15 years. Her tenacity and resilience remained evident well into her senior years,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Dottie raised four calfs during her lifetime. Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"630\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/19c2ae0e11f0bfe61e7dc23d19461583.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dottie raised four calfs during her lifetime. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Facebook post announcing Dottie\u2019s death had thousands of likes and hundreds of comments from fans remembering the SeaWorld San Diego dolphin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cShe will be deeply missed by the team who cared for her and by the countless guests who were able to connect with her over her remarkable life,\u201d SeaWorld said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dottie, a beloved 39-year-old dolphin at SeaWorld San Diego, has died \u2014 a loss the park mourned in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[140935,140934,74,76,75,29373,119347,16192],"class_list":["post-342465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-bottlenose-dolphin","tag-danielle-bradbery","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-seaworld","tag-seaworld-orlando","tag-seaworld-san-diego"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}