Chicago aquarium euthanizes more than 90-year-old lungfish
CHICAGO (AP) — An Australian lungfish that entranced visitors to Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium for more than 80 years has been euthanized due to old age, the popular tourist attraction announced Monday.
Granddad, who was 4-foot-long and weighed 25 pounds, had stopped eating and started showing signs of organ failure. He was euthanized on Sunday. A necropsy — or animal autopsy — found conditions consistent with old age, aquarium officials said.
“For a fish who spent much
Read more »