JOY, THE SEA OTTER THAT HAS RAISED A RECORD NUMBER OF SEA OTTER PUPS IN HER TIME AT THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM, HAS DIED. HER HEALTH HAD BEEN DECLINING IN RECENT MONTHS, SO HER DEATH WAS NOT UNEXPECTED. MOST OF THE PUPS SHE RAISED HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RETURN TO THE WILD, AND SOME FEMALES HAD CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN. SHE WAS 14 YEARS OLD.
