By Gabriela Baron Two years after being abandoned inside a Japanese aquarium, the bottlenose dolphin called "Honey" died. Honey was left in a small pool at the Marine Park Aquarium in Choshi, east of Tokyo, Japan, along with 46 penguins and hundreds of fish and reptiles. (Photo courtesy of Dolphin Project) The park shut down in 2018 due to a decrease in visitors following the earthquake in 2011 and Fukishima nuclear crisis. The animals in the abandoned attraction were fed but otherwise left to fend for themselves as they spent two years in the same dirty water. The Dolphin Project, an organization dedicated to the protection of wild and captive animals, made attempts to rescue Honey and the other animals but were not successful. "In late February of this year, we reached out to our Japanese colleagues once again in attempts to purchase Honey in order that she could be retired in peace and dignity. These conversations ended in nearly March when it became apparent Honey was unlikely to survive," the Dolphin Project said. However, Honey's situation isn't unique. "Dolphin Project has encountered dolphins in the United States, South Korea, Haiti, Indonesia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Brazil whom were all in similar situations as Honey. In many instances, we were able to successfully rehabilitate and re-release these mammals," it added. Honey was reportedly grabbed during one of Japan's controversial Taiji dive hunts in 2005.