Ken Allen was one of a kind and a great example of the intelligence and compassion of animals. Humans could take a lesson from him

That was a wonderful time to be growing up in the City. RIP Ken Allen, you were loved by all.

Rest in peace Ken Allen, the sweet prince of the San Diego zoo. You will always be remembered and terribly missed.

@Steve52344

2 ай бұрын

I wish I would've known him.

Ken Allen is an American Hero and a great Patriot.

Orangutans are amazing. I love that he was called “Ken Allen”. ❤❤

I love his name. Rest in peace Ken Allen. ❤❤❤

Ken Allen I'm sorry about your passing as I heard for the very first time. You were a strong Orangutan with intelligence held in captivity even though you were the biggest part of San Diego's family of the zoo. You will always be deeply missed. R.I.P. Mr Ken Allen sorry you had cancer 🙏🙏🙏💐🌹🌺🌸💮🌻🌻💐🌹🌺🌷🌸💮

We used to often go to that never visited south east corner of the exhibit where Ken mostly escaped from and we saw him often still hanging down there planning yet another illicit excursion no doubt.

He was legendary!

RIP Kenny! Seems to be very gentle.

rip ken, you deserved better than a cage

Ken Allen, I’m so sorry we never met. Rest In Peace, my friend.

He’s an ambassador of goodwill.

I wonder if this is the same orangutan that broke the glass when I was there as a kid! I have a photo of the broken glass. Zoo keepers told us he had broke that glass many times and also had escaped. My brother was playing with a Gumby toy he found in the zoo and the orangutan was sitting by the glass watching my brother play with it. He decided to grab a rock and was tapping on the glass and finally the entire pane of glass shattered! Thank god it was tempered glass! Everyone who was standing there ran in fear! My mom left me and my brother in her dust as she ran screaming for help! My dad was no where to be found and my mom was scared he was back there wrestling the orangutan. When we got back to the enclosure, my dad was standing there laughing. The orangutan, much like the people, got spooked when the glass shattered and he took off running in the opposite direction. My dad was the only one who stayed and watched! Everyone else took off running! This was back in the 80’s so I wonder if this was the same orangutan

Orang Gang represent!

This kills me. Ken Allen. So wonderful.

He was trying to make his way to the beach for a bit of surfing, I'm sure he would have gotten a lift and a beer had he made it to the parking lot! The legend lives on....😎

1:48 absolute gold 😂

Awww RIP Ken Allen

wow, i am impressed

Ken Allen You have complete freedom now. But your Forever Caregiver is your lifelong 🧡 friend. Be at peace sweet boy.

He is so tame😮

So because the ape was too cleaver and always got out of the encloser, the Zoo decided to kill the ape?... Yet, they say the ape was special and will be missed by everyone?... This doesn't make any sense... You can't blame a smart ape for escaping because it doesn't understand that it's in a Zoo.

A legend

At least his free, and not in captivity any more.

Ken Allen needs to sue for slander

😢Very sad to hear.😢

There goes my heroooo

I wonder if he kept getting out because he was bored? It's sad when a beloved zoo animal dies. I remember Olga a walrus at the Brookfield zoo in Illinois. I saw her several times when I was a small child. I went there again in 8th grade. I came home crying telling my dad she had died and was no longer there.

@vyhozshu

10 ай бұрын

male orangs supposed to have very very large territory. not stone and glass box with foliage

@cshirmer8416

8 ай бұрын

I guess it was in his nature to have more space with trees and food without pesticides . RIP.🙏🦧🙏 😢😔

if a creature escaped that many times maybe it shouldnt have been in there in the first place

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Ken Allen made monkees out of the Zoo keepers.

KenAllen was so bad, like bad as-! My dad took so much pleasure to tell us when he'd escape.

What happened to kens family

RIP Ken Allen

Apparently, there is confusion regarding Ken’s pathology. Was it prostatic cancer or lymphoma?

@druoleary

10 ай бұрын

@3:19 they say lymphoma.

Did he just grin? 😃 0:53-0:59

@matanc3489

Ай бұрын

yes. He was probably thinking about his next escape haha

Orang gang for life

I am named Ken Allen! 😂Lol

why did people talk so strangely?

I wonder why they said he had lymphoma rather than prostate cancer?

@j5nephews558

Жыл бұрын

So he had prostate cancer?

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Hes already in jail🙄

Is ken Allen really dead 🤔 or he must be taken to Area 51 to do research cause of his high intelligence. Dont take it wrong way its just my thought. Rest In Peace.❤

@chipbutty3645

Жыл бұрын

We are great apes so orangutans aren’t far behind us in intelligence. It isn’t rare to see orangutan do things as smart as people

Zoos gotta go. It’s time

I think the only one he would go after would have been the zoo keepers😂😂😂😂. They killed him probably because he went after the director ❤

@wildrose302

Жыл бұрын

He had prostate cancer. He always cooperated with the keepers when they took him back to the exhibit.

@anitat9727

Ай бұрын

​@@wildrose302 At that point, he was just messing with zoo keepers then.

Get a hint. Rehanilitate him to be released in the wild.