By Brooke Williams | Fox 31 News
The Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance announced on Monday that one of its bald eagles died due to several ongoing medical conditions last week.
Zookeepers believe the eagle, named Toano, was at least 24 years old. His exact age is unknown, but the zoo said he lived well past the 16-year median life expectancy of a bald eagle in human care.
He died suddenly on July 3, the zoo said in a post on Facebook.
“His acute decline and death were due to severe underlying heart disease, and he had been under treatment with our Veterinary Medicine team for several ongoing medical conditions,” the zoo wrote.