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

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.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Snowflake (gorilla)
• BBC: Albino gorilla dying of skin cancer
• Wikimedia Commons: Snowflake gorilla