Annette

Annette was a female Western Lowland Gorilla who died on March 2, 2002. She lived to 28 years of age.

Born in Cameroon on June 4, 1973, she was wild-caught before arriving at the Royal Rotterdam Zoological Gardens on June 18, 1975.

Her parents were both wild gorillas. She spent her captive life at Rotterdam, where she was eventually euthanized due to health decline.

Official studbook number: #586.