Ivan the gorilla
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- čas přidán 19. 08. 2012
- The Zoo Atlanta family is saddened by the passing of Ivan the western lowland gorilla, 50 years old and a cherished member of our collection since 1994.
Every life at the Zoo is a story worth sharing, but his story was once told so widely and passionately that it ignited a national movement that touched two coasts. From the jungles of Africa to the shores of the Pacific Northwest to The Ford African Rain Forest at Zoo Atlanta, his life has been a symbol of the way animals shape our lives -- and the power we have to shape theirs.
Ivan's story is one of Zoo Atlanta's most memorable happy endings. Born in Africa in 1962, he was captured as an infant and sold to the owners of a department store in Tacoma, Wash., where he lived for nearly three decades in a solitary indoor enclosure. By the mid 1990s, the silverback's living conditions had inspired a highly-publicized movement for his relocation, prompting Ivan's owners to donate their celebrity tenant to Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. Leadership in the care and study of western lowland gorillas were already trademarks for Zoo Atlanta, with the world-class Ford African Rain Forest having opened to national acclaim just six years earlier. Recognizing the importance of giving Ivan the opportunity to become a social gorilla and with the recommendation of the Species Survival Plan (SSP), Woodland Park Zoo placed Ivan on permanent loan to Zoo Atlanta in October 1994.
Despite numerous opportunities to share his habitat with female companions, Ivan has never followed in the footsteps of his prolific fellow founders, having sired no offspring to date. Although he has now been part of the Zoo Atlanta family for more than 15 years, his friends and fans in the Pacific Northwest have never forgotten; of our more than 1,500 residents, Ivan is the most asked-about animal on the Zoo's Facebook profile.
Find out more about Ivan at zooatlanta.org/ivan
I remember going to see Ivan as a young girl. It always made me so sad to see him in that horrible cage. I would just stand and watch him for the longest time, and it just broke my heart. I wish I could have seen him at the Atlanta Zoo. Thank you for this video. RIP Ivan. I will never forget you.
Me too! I'd put my hand on the glass and he'd put his up to mine...🥺 of course his was MUCH bigger! lol he'd stare back at me as I stared him...I was so little I never could understand why he couldn't come out and play 😅 Ivan was the absolute coolest! Sad to hear he's no longer with us...RIP IVAN! 💜🙏 You are so loved and truly missed...I will NEVER forgot you!
Who's here after watching THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN movie?
I put this same comment on another vid before seeing this one 😄
Meee! That movie made me cry! It was so sad! And to think animals all over the world have to go through what he went though is terrible!
Jordyn Alderman Unfortunately, the exotic pet trade is still a threat to many animal species today.
me, i wish i could have saw him!
Powerranger6342 it is. And it’s sad
Ivan and I were the same age. I remember seeing him many times at the B&I store in Tacoma WA. I'm happy that Atlanta took such good care of him for the 2nd half of his life. It just wasn't right for B&I to house him the way they did. It looked like a prison cell. It was easy to see that he was bored and unhappy. Ivan is a success story. RIP Ivan!
I remember him too... looking out sadly, through his bars at the B & I in South Tacoma. We missed him, but were glad that he had moved on to a better place. Ivan's legend will live on!!
I remember meeting Ivan behind the glass cage when I was a kid. Tboughout the years I would visit him. When he went to a zoo I was elated! It was a sad day when he died.
I've always thought Ivan was so handsome, with the long, fluffy hair on his arms, his solemn, dignified face, and his gentlemanly demeanor. He is a sweetheart!
He is Ivan Mighty Silverback. He is The One And Only Ivan
I doubt it :)
+Ivan Csontos only if you were there you would know
Ivan Csontos He’s quoting from the book.
Ivan Csontos I think they missed the joke
@Del Was Taken Here it was in the news
I saw A video of Ivan In the shopping mall,l his face was down and sad he was depressed and lonely,Then at this zoo you can see him smiling happily what a great job the keepers did,they saved him Rip Ivan
At least 20 years of his life was spent in this beautiful zoo
Pixelette K A Applegate actually wrote a fictional book that was based on Ivan’s rescue from the mall.
I just watched the movie :P it’s so cute if you have not seen it you have to :P
Well those years alone impacted him forever...never recovered emotionally or mentally
@@SofiaBerruxSubs Being a volunteer at an AZA Accredited zoo, I figured that as well. I’m just glad that the zookeepers treated him like the wild animal that he is and allowed him to live as a wild gorilla.
Not sure if anyone will see this comment, but I think it’s a cool memory to share. The elementary schools in Atlanta used to take kids to the zoo a lot in the 90s. It was an annual field trip. I’m not sure if they still do it but it was always a great experience. Shitty sack lunch. Anyways, I had a cool isolated moment observing Ivan. Everyone was crowding the window area to see Willie B and all the younger gorillas. Somehow I stepped aside to an outdoor area and saw Ivan by himself. Thinking. I swear he looked at me and I just have him the smallest wave. I feel like we had the briefest moment of understanding each other as introverts. He was in his life staring off wondering as was I. Cool moment.
Nice memory. Gorillas are the most fascinating animals. I found some videos of The Momotaro Family of Gorillas at the Kyoto City Zoo in Japan. I love watching them. They post a video every day.
@@MHarenArt love momotaro
He was SO smart. I remember visiting him at the B&I quite often all throughout my childhood! Fun to watch him paint. Bittersweet day when he left, but he needed to experience life outside and with other gorillas.
Thank you Zoo Atlanta for taking in Ivan and setting him up with some gorilla family and grass, trees, fresh air and sunshine. How he managed to stay sane being locked up in that cement sunless cage for his first 27 years in that Seattle Mall, is amazing, that he got to go be with you guys for the remainder of his life, is a miracle.
I grew up in Lakewood, WA and was able to go to B&I and see Ivan almost every week. When I got older and had my son, I took him to B&I to see Ivan. He was just so majestic! My son and I have wonderful memories of Ivan. We love you and will miss you Ivan...Mr Majestic!!! RIP!!
Sorry Ivan that your life was stolen from you. You're truly free now. 🦍🕊
At least his story had a happy ending once he was rescued from that shopping mall.
Powerranger6342 yeah
He was a giant when I saw him. It was when he first got to Atlanta
It sounds like Ivan taught many children the nature of compassion, perhaps some even for the first time. It's stunning to me that he was kept in that display for so long--so glad he did not die in there.
I remember Ivan too. I lived in Tacoma and we used to go to the B&I where he was kept at the time; most of the time we saw him, he was sitting around watching a small black and white tv, and not really doing much. Looking back, it did seem he was bored and unhappy. Glad that he was placed in good hands with the Atlanta Zoo. Sad to hear of his passing though. RIP Ivan.
I also grew up with seeing Ivan at the B&I not realizing the cheap (free) thrill I was getting was at the expensive of leaving him in a tiny concrete cage. I am saddened by his loss and grateful to the Atlanta Zoo for making his final years a better life for him. R.I.P. Ivan.......
I remember going to see Ivan at the B&I in Tacoma Washington as well and it was disheartening to see him living in such drab conditions. I was so so happy to learn that he had been donated to Woodland Park Zoo and would no longer be living at the B&I as it had truly been a terrible place for any animal to stay, even the pets. I am so sorry for his loss, however I am completely delighted in the fact that he at least got to live out the remainder of his years in peace and tranquility. Thanks ZA!
We read the book in school, amd my teather Mrs.Westbrook cried at the end, because it was so happy.
I mean and not amd. This Ipad isn't good.
I wouldn’t blame her for crying.
Thank you to the wonderful people at the Atlanta Zoo. I live in Tacoma and I was saddened when I heard the news. I remembered Ivan when I was a child and I used to visit him at the B&I enclosure and used to think how sad he looked. Often he was huddled in a corner looking very lethargic and sad. I am glad the heard he had a happy life once he left that terrible place. Thank you folks for ensuring he had a happy last decade plus.
What a majestic gentle soul.❤🙈
You guys saved him from captivity i know he died august 2012 but he will always be in our hearts!!! :) THANK YOU @zooatlanta
I feel guilty ever knowing Ivan. I used to go see him at the B&I, mostly to try and give him eye contact with some sort of "I'm sorry you're here" look. Not realizing my pure existence of being there is pretty much what kept him there. He at least had emotion on his face while at the B&I, in this clip I only saw emptiness. Maybe he missed his trainer or the children that came to see him everyday. Maybe the constant annoyance of banging glass or his surprise hits on the window that would send people running. Maybe he missed all the daily routine of him being waken and admired by the hoards of people that came to see him.. IDK, Not sure why, but he just didn't look as healthy and as beautiful as I remember. Yes, he is gone now, but I am glad he was able to live out his life as a Gorilla should in an open environment, with grass under his feet! I miss you, Sorry
2008MrsKim I never got to see Ivan at the B&I but my parents did. They said he looked so miserable. They donated to the rally to help get him out of there back in the 90s. I got to see him at the Atlanta Zoo. My parents said he even though he looked much older, he definitely looked happier and in a more positive spirit
Livia in HI yes, as I watched this again, I was not thinking how big his surroundings were compared to him. He was so large in my eyes, King Kong was modeled after Ivan. Now watching him in his wide open free roam lets me see the truth of what captivity has done to him. His thin unmuscular limbs from lack of everything known to make him the true beast he was really supposed to be. That look of emptiness that I thought I saw wasn't emptiness at all. Honestly I have no words for what it was...I'm teared up again thinking of how such a beautiful beast endured so much.
I rallied outside o the sidewalks of the B&I the moment I knew they were protesting to get him out. I didn't go to see his goodbye, But I watched on TV when he took his first steps outside.
I'm glad you got to see him. I hope he was a beautiful to you as he will always be to me.
2008MrsKim I'm glad they didn't taxidermy Ivan like they did Bobo. That broke my heart when I saw that at the Burke Museum. I'm sure Ivan knew how much he was loved and it's wonderful so many people still cared about him years after he left WA. May he RIP
Uh, King Kong dates back to the '30s, long before Ivan was even born.
I recently got the book. Being a volunteer at another zoo, I instantly recognized that Ivan’s living conditions were horrible at that mall. I never got to know Ivan, but I am glad that the zoo was able to give him a better life.
Reading "The One and Only Ivan" with 4th graders in our school library. Glad to find this video of the real Ivan, can't wait to share it with them.
I have read "The One and Only Ivan" with my 3rd and 4th graders for many years. It's always a favorite! It's wonderful to have so many videos of Ivan and information about his life. Have fun sharing with your students!
I wish I could have seen him :( may he rest in peice, Who else came here after watching the one and only Ivan!
MEEEEEE
I had the video more than a year before and knew his story. Since I volunteer at a different zoo, I use his story to show how important AZA accredited zoos are and why wild animals never make good pets.
@@Powerranger-le4up i totally agree, I think that gorilla's and any other wild animal should live the wild unless. But If they treat the animal right, give them a big area and grass and jungle and stuff for them to roam free.
VzGamer You forgot one other essential item: enrichment. Enrichment provides the animal with physical and mental stimulation. It can really be anything though AZA accredited zoos often make sure that the enrichment allows the animal to mimic what they would do in the wild. For gorillas, enrichment would include: toys and items that can withstand their strength like plastic barrels and boxes, hiding food around the enclosure so they can forage for it, and even ice treats on hot days
@@Powerranger-le4up Yes, Well I didn't explain very good. What i meant was that all wild animals should not be captured and brought into zoo's. Unless the zoo Is very big. They have a habitat where it is like the wild, And have very good care, and other gorillas to play with. And what you said :)
I rememeber him in Tacoma as a kid i used to visit him offten. i still rememeber sitting up against the glass by him i was so small and to me he was this giant :) he was so sweet i never have forgotten him. and i never will
Thank you for this footage... I love the One and Only Ivan and it is cool getting to see Ivan.
I also seen IVAN many times over my years at the B & I but just want to say THANKS FOR SAVING HIM !!!!❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊
I’m glad he got to live out the rest of his life in a nice zoo. Same with ruby.
Bell Iron Fist Ruby was actually fictional.
Powerranger6342 Oh lol. But Ivan
Bell Iron Fist Ivan was real.
My grandparents lived in Tacoma back then when I was a kid. I don't remember if I saw Ivan or not, but I remember my grandma being upset about his small cage.
Ivan beat me at tic tac toe at the B&I when I was a kid
Cool. I dont always win that game either.
The one and only Ivan, Mighty Silverback
"They don't have to like me, Ruby. I'm a silverback. A leader. They don't have to like me. They have to respect me" -Ivan
The One and Only Ivan
I don't usually this kind of genre but I love the book.
They're going to be turning that story into a movie soon. Being a zoo volunteer, I am hoping they will portray zoos as a positive thing since Ivan was rescued by a zoo.
Nadine Amanda Ortega i read the one and only ivan
Nadine Amanda Ortega yes I miss Ivan, as a kid I would always go and see him. He was at a place called the B&I in Tacoma, Wa.
At school we were learning about lvan He died in 2012
I am angry. I finally have someone to protect.
"the one and only Ivan. Mighty Silverback"
we grew up going to the b & i shopping center seeing him, so glad hes free or in a zoo, i actually seen him at the Atalanta zoo years ago, it was to cool
ivan mighty silverback!
Thank you to those who care for and nurture the wild animals that are held in captivity. We cannot change history, but I am happy that Ivan finally experienced some freedom at the zoo. He has left some incredible memories for many of us in the Pacific Northwest. Thank you, Ivan !!!!
Loved the movie!
The One and Only, IVAN!
Love it and reading the. Book
So sad, he had no muscle mass like a normal silverback that roamed freely. He was stuck inside a room for so many years, it probably aged him beyond his years... similar to Willie B. What a handsome, kind face he had!! You're free now for eternity... RIP Ivan❤️
It's a good thing Zoo Atlanta stepped in. They were able to give him a happier life. I read that the keepers were devastated when he passed away. He would not have been able to be returned to the wild, but at least he became the Silverback of the gorilla troop in Zoo Atlanta.
No kidding. I mean with COVID people understand the mental effects isolation can have on people. He did that for 27 years and they age at the same rate we do. It stunted his emotional and mental growth. Most 5 year olds human and grollia gain social interaction that impact then for the rest of their lives but he didnt....then the diet he had. Hamburger and the smoking. I mean humans and grollias can eat meat but they need a veggies and fruit diet to be health and strong.
@@SofiaBerruxSubs He had an enormously long life for a gorilla - the equivalent of 100 human years. He preferred interacting with humans, not other gorillas.
i love you ivan you're the cutest gorrilla ever i hope you feel free now Just know that everybody loves you and they always will you're the best
He’s a legend
Ivan you are awesome I loved your story I am glad you are on the wilds
who read the book the one and only ivan
I read the book and I cried I feal so bad for him hope he gets love
Heartbreaking
1:06 that suave turn and grin at the camera
I just got done reading the book at school, and by golly it made me cry! D,: But I'm glad he have a nice life at the zoo. RIP Ivan. You will not be missed
I don't think I ever got to meet Ivan in Atlanta but I do remember reading a book Katherine Applegate did about him and loved it and when I saw his statue the next time I went I just took a moment to appreciate and apologize for what he went through as a baby and growing up wish I got to meet him but through the book "the one and only Ivan" it felt like I knew him I was taught to respect animals and to this day bow my head at gorillas I see in zoos because after all the species has been through a bit of respect is the least they deserve
What a strong strong guy, taking it all in after his release from prison. I saw him a few times in Tacoma. Grew up near there. It was so horribly acceptable, like he was so patient so it was OK. NO, if he had been bad, his life would have been shortened. He had that much will to survive.
merci pour le film superbe de Yvan quel gorille magnifique quel vie horrible il à du vivre ...........
RIP... In tears about this gentle, dignified giant.
Wow I remember him when I was about 9 years old in washington I absolutely loved gorillas thanks to gorillas in the mist I just wanted to save them all then I realized how cruel humas can be but also how amazing and Good they can be he was the first real gorilla I ever got to see ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Ok I can’t be the only one who thinks Ivan is cute XD
Ivan is the most lovable!❤️❤️❤️
This book is awesome the one and only Ivan!!!!
Ivan... went to heaven!
I'm so glad he got out of that concrete cage he was in alone. I only saw his story the other day - now Ive seen he had some time with company and grass under his feet. RIP Ivan!!
They’re making the book into a movie.
Miss you big majestic Ivan.
Just watched!
I live in Washington state and used to live in Pierce county and I saw Alvin at the BNI shopping center.
good bless zoo atlanta for giveing ivan a good life that he did not get in tacoma at that hole in the wall b&i he was never happy and it was just wrong to do ivan like that for all those years,in this video he looks like a true king of the jungle that he was, ivan came through so much his mother and father were murderd then he was kidnapped and put on display in a concrete cell with bars and glass,this brings tears to my eyes that he left this world happy and free,we love and miss you big guy.
RIP ivan ;( we love you!!!
I watched the movie and it made me cry so I went to my parents and had a mental breakdown in front of them about a gorilla 😭
I real;y enjoy visiting the Silverbacks at the Atlanta Zoo!
Was a magnificent creature.
I favorited this video.
Yes
Wow he was so big !❤
Ivan died peacefully because he died in he's sleep
+Victoria Knight He dies while anesthetized
No he died because of old age
@@mistajuniorr probably old age but they found a tumor. Also the diet he had of hamburgers and the smoking when stuck in that enclosure.
@@SofiaBerruxSubs ok
He is just so beautiful to watch. 🦍❤
Poor Ivan
What’s sad is that Ivan died the day after this was posted
Movie is great
I'm here after the movie you were great Ivan r i p buddy
I will always love you Ivan u will always be in my heart
Ivan looks so cute!
He's so peaceful
Aww he's so cute and my reading the book I'm only on 13 pages
Adriannaaa uhh it 2020 how r u
NL_Million pretty good hby ?
perfect music.
im watching this for school R.I.P ivan
Endearing gentle giant.
RIP Ivan.
As a military brat stationed in Ft. Lewis WA, I remember my mom taking me to see Ivan in the early 70’s. I was only about 5 or 6 years old, but I remember looking at him with such sadness. The next thing I knew, a tire hit the window and I was screaming. Fast forward to 2019 pr 2020, I’m sitting at home with my granddaughter and she wants to watch “The One and Only Ivan” on Netflix. So we watch the entire movie, and I tell her about seeing the gorilla as a child. At the end of the movie, they start talking about the REAL story and it hit me like a brick wall. I was bawling like a baby and my granddaughter asked what was wrong. I had to tell her that the story that I told her about seeing the gorilla behind the glass, was the real Ivan. I never knew what happened to him, I had forgotten all about it until going to the Detroit zoo with her a year or two before watching the movie…. I’m so glad that he had some semblance of a normal life in the end…
18 years at Zoo Atlanta to be specific.
Ivan look cool he is family pet very cam and friendy sorry he pass away Bless him .
I cant belief the mall owners fed him McDonalds and made him smoke cigarettes
I love you ivan 🥺🤧😢
just watch the movie. i almost break a tear but i hold on. man I've never been such emotional from a movie before. story of ivan really hit me 🥺 also the movie makes me hate zoos and circus
Ivan’s life became much better when he was given to Zoo Atlanta. They gave him the life he should’ve had. AZA accredited zoos take animal welfare very seriously.
Ivan is my favorite❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤he’s so 🥰 cute 🥰🦍🦍🦍🦍🦓🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍🦍
My kids and I loved to go see him when he was in Tacoma. I am glad he got to live out his days in a place where he could be more happy. It is like losing an old friend.
I finished the book weeks ago, I didn't know he passed away, that sucks.
i read the one and only ivan great book
I LOVE 🥰 IVAN🦍
Ermosos
My name is penny Milledge I am jack Milledge wife I lived in Tacoma, Washington I in a girls group home called faith home and one of my most happiest times and at the same time saddest times was going to visit IVAN I LOVED JUST SPENDING TIME THERE AS CLOSE AS I COULD BE TO HIM I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY IVAN WAS MADE TO LIVE THAT WAY! I JUST WANTED TO HUG HIM BECAUSE I FELT SO SADDENED FOR HIM but now he is TRULY FREE GOOD BY MY BELOVED IVAN YOU ARE SPECIAL AND LOVED!!
I love the book poor ivan :(
❤
He sure looks like he's in deep thought at the end. One can only imagine what he's thinking about...
Peyton York Since he’s a wild animal, you can’t really know for sure. However, what does matter is that the zoo saved his life and got him out of that mall.
I am almost done reading the book
*Just watched the Disney movie and it was good but so sad what he went through* 👍