Last week, we finished reading The One and Only Ivan and learned that this story was inspired by a real gorilla. Ivan was a gorilla who lived 27 years of his life at a Tacoma, Washington mall. In 1995, because of protests and the support of his fans, he was relocated to the Atlanta Zoo where he lived out the rest of his life. Ivan died in August at the age of 50+ years old. Here is a video of him from the zoo:
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