Tania, Dudley Zoo’s last Patagonian sea lion, has passed away. 

In recent years, Tania had been receiving regular veterinary care for age-related conditions and yesterday afternoon, the zoo made the kind decision to put her to sleep.

The 29-year-old has been at DZC for the past decade. She arrived in 2015 from Marineland in France and records show she was one of the oldest female Patagonian sea lions in zoos across the world.