Evelyn, LA Zoo's oldest gorilla, euthanized at age 46 due to health issues

Images from the L.A. Zoo show Evelyn, a 46-year-old western lowland gorilla and the oldest gorilla in the history of the zoo. The gorilla was euthanized after weeks of health issues, the zoo announced.Evelyn, a 46-year-old western lowland gorilla and the oldest gorilla in the history of the Los Angeles Zoo, has been euthanized after "experiencing health issues leading to a decline in her quality of life over the last couple of weeks,'' the zoo announced on Wednesday.

"We are all so deeply saddened over the loss of Evelyn,'' Tania Prebble, one of the zoo's animal keepers, said on the Twitter thread announcing the gorilla's passing. Evelyn made big news locally in October 2000 when she briefly escaped her habitat, apparently by means of some hanging foliage. Evelyn was loose for about an hour and 15 minutes, and during her adventure, she "poked flowers, swatted at butterflies, played hide and seek with anxious zoo keepers and even went for a stroll to see orangutans, giraffes and elephants,'' as the Los Angeles Times reported back then.

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Killed.

The lazoo is lying about her health issues

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RIPEvelyn FreeAtLast LAZoo

Sorry to hear and glad you upgraded her enclosure last 10 years

Harambe and her are hugging in heaven 🕊🤍

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Goodbye sweet Evelyn... our family has loved you and your blown kisses & big stories for over 30+ years... you will be so missed.

U mean killed. Shouldve let her die in peace.

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Betty White and Evelyn will be united. RIP.

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Intentionally killed

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