Ivan was a western lowland gorilla who spent about 27 years in a shopping-center enclosure before advocacy moved him to zoo care; he died in 2012.

Democratic Republic of Congo / Tacoma, Washington / Atlanta, Georgia

Story

Ivan spent decades in a shopping-center enclosure before public advocacy moved him into zoo care.

The archive keeps the real animal life distinct from later fictional adaptations inspired by him.

Ivan is archived because public pressure can change the conditions of an individual captive animal.

Sources

• Ivan the Gorilla official history
• Wikipedia: Ivan (gorilla)
• Wikimedia Commons: Ivan gorilla