the amazon river dolphin has historically been kept in dolphinariums. today, only three exist in captivity: one in acuario de valencia in venezuela, one in zoologico de guistochoca in peru, and one in duisburg zoo in germany. several hundred were captured between the 1950s and 1970s, and were distributed in dolphinariums throughout the us, europe, and japan. around 100 went to us dolphinariums, and of that, only 20 survived; the last (named chuckles) died in pittsburgh zoo in 2002.