Archives mondiales de la mémoire animale

Une archive d’intérêt public qui préserve sur le long terme des histoires d’animaux, des registres mémoriels, des dossiers issus de sources publiques et des mémoires de coexistence entre humains et animaux.

Histoires d’animaux

Snowflake: the albino gorilla of Barcelona Zoo

2003-11-24 Río Muni, Equatorial Guinea / Barcelona Zoo, Spain
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Snowflake was the only known albino gorilla, kept at Barcelona Zoo from 1966 until his euthanasia for skin cancer in 2003.

Río Muni, Equatorial Guinea / Barcelona Zoo, Spain

Public-source image of Snowflake, Wikimedia Commons image saved locally.
Public-source image of Snowflake, Wikimedia Commons image saved locally.

Story

Snowflake became famous as the only known albino gorilla, but his capture history involved violence against his group.

The archive records his public fame alongside captivity, albinism-related illness and euthanasia.

Snowflake is archived because rarity should not erase the full life and context of the animal.

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