On August 20, an animal of the Zoo Atlanta died. Ivan, a 50-year-old Western
Lowland Gorilla, died after the Zoo Atlanta Veterinary Team elected to perform a
diagnostic assessment under general anesthesia after a recent decline in the
apes health and behavior. Hayley Murphy, Director of DVM Veterinary Services,
said it was necessary to perform the diagnostic procedure to determine his
underlying causes. Unfortunately, the procedure confirmed what the team had
thought. Ivan never regained consciousness following the procedure. The ape was
born in 1962 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It wasn't until October
1994 that he was brought to the Zoo Atlanta on permanent loan. He was one of the
4 Zoo Atlanta gorillas. A necropsy will be performed through the zoo's
partnership with the University of Georgia Zoo and Exotic Animal Pathology
Service in the college of veterinary medicine.
Lowland Gorilla, died after the Zoo Atlanta Veterinary Team elected to perform a
diagnostic assessment under general anesthesia after a recent decline in the
apes health and behavior. Hayley Murphy, Director of DVM Veterinary Services,
said it was necessary to perform the diagnostic procedure to determine his
underlying causes. Unfortunately, the procedure confirmed what the team had
thought. Ivan never regained consciousness following the procedure. The ape was
born in 1962 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It wasn't until October
1994 that he was brought to the Zoo Atlanta on permanent loan. He was one of the
4 Zoo Atlanta gorillas. A necropsy will be performed through the zoo's
partnership with the University of Georgia Zoo and Exotic Animal Pathology
Service in the college of veterinary medicine.
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