DavidBrown 2 Apr 2023 Was Ivan the gorilla ever actually at this zoo as he transitioned from his shopping mall to Zoo Atlanta?
Was Ivan the gorilla ever actually at this zoo as he transitioned from his shopping mall to Zoo Atlanta?
snowleopard 3 Apr 2023 Ivan never spent any time at Point Defiance Zoo, but he was inside his infamous cage for many years at a local Washington mall. Of course, a best-selling novel and a popular film (very loosely based on the book) were made about Ivan's life. Here's a zoo blog (from 2018) about the statue: https://www.pdza.org/beloved-ivan/#:~:text=Ivan died at age 50,at Zoo Atlanta in 1995.
Ivan never spent any time at Point Defiance Zoo, but he was inside his infamous cage for many years at a local Washington mall. Of course, a best-selling novel and a popular film (very loosely based on the book) were made about Ivan's life. Here's a zoo blog (from 2018) about the statue: https://www.pdza.org/beloved-ivan/#:~:text=Ivan died at age 50,at Zoo Atlanta in 1995.
