Jabba, LA's only hippo was 28

The Los Angeles Zoo announced today that it had euthanized its 28-year-old hippopotamus. Jabba had been sick for about a month. A necropsy will be conducted to determine was ailing the hippo. This was the first time since the zoo opened in 1966 that it has been without a hippopotamus in residence, CBS 2 says.

Photo: Tad Motoyama/LA Zoo