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I'm sad snowflake is dead Albino Gorilla Dies in Barcelona Zoo
AFP Snowflake, an Albino Gorilla Nov. 24, 2003 — Snowflake, believed to be the only albino gorilla in captivity, died Monday from skin cancer after living for 36 years in Barcelona Zoo, officials in Spain's second city said. Snowflake, one of the zoo's star attractions, contracted cancer in his right armpit about two years ago and his condition worsened rapidly in recent weeks. Barcelona mayor Joan Clos said zoo officials decided to put down the animal in order to spare him an "agonizing death." "This difficult decision was taken after the team of veterinarians and specialists treating him determined that his condition was hopeless," zoo director Jordi Portabella said. He said the gorilla's corpse would be used for scientific purposes and would not be put on display. Catalan primatologist Jordi Sabater Pi, who arranged to move Snowflake to the zoo after finding him in a forest in Equatorial Guinea in 1966, described him in a book published last week as a symbol of the fight to protect the world's diminishing gorilla population. "If we do nothing there will be no more gorillas in 30 years," Sabater Pi wrote in the book, entitled Copito para Siempre or Snowflake Forever. During his years in captivity, Snowflake had three mates and fathered 21 baby gorillas, none of which are albinos. His only male offspring, Urko, died in August. Clos said a street or a square in Barcelona would be named after the gorilla. 
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butterfli25 said: Albino Gorilla Dies in Barcelona Zoo
AFP Snowflake, an Albino Gorilla Nov. 24, 2003 — Snowflake, believed to be the only albino gorilla in captivity, died Monday from skin cancer after living for 36 years in Barcelona Zoo, officials in Spain's second city said. Snowflake, one of the zoo's star attractions, contracted cancer in his right armpit about two years ago and his condition worsened rapidly in recent weeks. Barcelona mayor Joan Clos said zoo officials decided to put down the animal in order to spare him an "agonizing death." "This difficult decision was taken after the team of veterinarians and specialists treating him determined that his condition was hopeless," zoo director Jordi Portabella said. He said the gorilla's corpse would be used for scientific purposes and would not be put on display. Catalan primatologist Jordi Sabater Pi, who arranged to move Snowflake to the zoo after finding him in a forest in Equatorial Guinea in 1966, described him in a book published last week as a symbol of the fight to protect the world's diminishing gorilla population. "If we do nothing there will be no more gorillas in 30 years," Sabater Pi wrote in the book, entitled Copito para Siempre or Snowflake Forever. During his years in captivity, Snowflake had three mates and fathered 21 baby gorillas, none of which are albinos. His only male offspring, Urko, died in August. Clos said a street or a square in Barcelona would be named after the gorilla.  | |
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Poor thing shouldnt have been there in the 1st place.
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JDINTERACTIVE said: Poor thing shouldnt have been there in the 1st place.
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mdiver said:[quote] butterfli25 said: Albino Gorilla Dies in Barcelona Zoo
AFP Snowflake, an Albino Gorilla thanks
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Snowflake useta have a webcam site where you could check him out at the Barcelona Zoo...he was a gorgeous creature.
I think with all the attention he got - he was photographed for everything from album covers to greeting cards - his life was a little more exciting than being cooped up in a zoo. And his digs didn't look bad at all - he lived in a "naturally designed" habitat, and I'm sure he was spoiled rotten. | |
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Ajax manager and former barcelona player Ronald Koeman was named after snowflake.
Can\t find a picture of him so quickly. WHAT IF THERE IS NO TOMORROW? THERE WASN'T ONE TODAY! | |
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