On Wednesday, the zoo announced 45-year-old Water Lily, whose health was declining following a cancer diagnosis last month, will be humanely euthanized early next week.
The Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle will be saying goodbye to one of its beloved hippopotamus. "Everyone who worked with Lily realized how special she was. For those she trusted, you got the privilege of knowing all her favorite things. The best spot to scratch her under her chin, her ear wiggles she would give as she surfaced in the pool when she heard you call her, and how she would always ask for a treat when she saw you even if it was just lettuce.
The zoo said her care team and veterinarians have been monitoring her health and overall wellbeing since the surgery, and saw changes that indicated a declining quality of life for Lily, including decreased mobility, unsteadiness, and having a harder time rising and getting out of her pool.Lily was born in 1978 at the Houston Zoo and moved to Woodland Park Zoo the following year. She shares a habitat with 25-year-old Lupe, who has been with the zoo since 2023.
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