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Captivity |
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All Rhino Species |
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The elephant pagoda, a splendid stylistic structure housing rhinos as well as elephants, was erected in 1873. This building was destroyed during World War II in November 1943. After the war Berlin Zoo started to keep rhinos again with the female Arusha, a black rhino acquired by Dr Katharina Heinroth in 1954. At first Arusha lived in the cattle house, but soon she moved to the new elephant house which was opened in the same year. A special rhino house was built in 1964, followed by a second one, for black rhinos only, in 1987 (Kl?s and Kl?s, 1990). Tierpark Berlin was founded in 1954 and opened to the public the following year. Black rhinos were shown there from 1956 on, white rhinos from 1964, and Indian rhinos from 1966. They all settled finally in the Tierpark's pachyderm house, opened in 1989 (Blaszkiewitz, 1992).
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Rhinos in Berlin
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