Sad news from the Mystic Aquarium! While it seemed as if Chappy the baby seal was going to get better, the animal has suddenly died. But why?

"Chappy," a baby seal found stranded on a street near Yale University, has died from severe digestive issues, a local aquarium says.

A necropsy found Chappy suffered from “mesenteric torsion,” a challenging condition in which his intestines were “twisted around the mesentery, cutting off blood supply to a large portion of the ...

The seal named Chappy, which had been found flat on its stomach on a cold, snow-encrusted street in New Haven, Conn., had an ...

An aquarium was treating the seal pup for dehydration, malnutrition and other health issues before its condition declined ...

A baby seal found stranded on a street near ... A necropsy found Chappy suffered from “mesenteric torsion,” a challenging condition in which his intestines were “twisted around the ...

A seal pup that was found stranded has died, and now rescuers have a cause of death, Connecticut officials said. The gray ...

A necropsy revealed he had mesenteric torsion, a condition where the intestines twist and ... weighing only 28 pounds — seven pounds smaller than a healthy newborn seal. He had also been spotted a few ...

"A complete necropsy was conducted, and findings are consistent with mesenteric torsion, meaning that his ... just 7 pounds less than what a newborn gray seal typically weighs.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A baby seal found stranded on a street near Connecticut’s Yale University last month has died from ...

Chappy, the underweight gray seal pup who was found on its stomach on a street in New Haven, Conn., last month, drawing nationwide attention and local police affection, has died, the aquarium that was ...