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Rhinos in Berlin |
| Author(s): |
Blaszkiewitz, B. |
| Year published: |
1997 |
| Journal: |
International Zoo News |
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44 (7) |
| Pages: |
403-406 |
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| File: |
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Captive - Europe
Captivity
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 He... |
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Captivity - Zoo Records
Indian Rhino
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| On 21 September 1871 a female Indian rhino arrived at Berlin Zoo from Antwerp, and one year later, on 30 September 1872, it was exchanged for a pair delivered bv the animal dealer William Jamrach. The animals were not yet adult on their arrival. Bodinus had purchased them for 8,000 talers. At ... |
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Captivity - Before 1800
Indian Rhino
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| It was in 1746 that the first rhinoceros was exhibited in Berlin. This animal, an Indian rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis), was the fifth specimen of its species to come to Europe in modern times. It reached the Netherlands in 1741, and from 1746 it was on show in several towns of central Europe, an... |
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Black Rhino
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| As already mentioned, Hagenbeck's Molly was acquired for 6,000 talers in July 1870. Sudan is mentioned as her country of origin. Molly probably lived till 1887. According to Kourist (1973), black rhinos had been previously shown in Antwerp (1858) and London (1868), but the data on the Antwerp ... |
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Indian Rhino
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| Tierpark Berlin acquired a three-month-old Indian rhino female named Kanchi from the animal dealer Munro in August 1966, but she died in January 1967. This loss was compensated in August 1967 by another three-month-old female, Kumari, from Nepal. She is still living at the Tierpark. In 1971 sh... |
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White Rhino
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| The first white rhino in captivity was the female Zuluana, who arrived at Pretoria Zoo in 1946. In 1963 1.1 southern white rhinos from Umfolozi Reserve in South Africa arrived at Berlin Zoo, the first of their species to be imported into Germany. The bull Hlambamans, born in 1959, is still
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White Rhino
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| Tierpark Berlin got the pair Zulu and Kunzi, also born in 1959/60, in 1964. Kunzi died in 1970 after the bull had injured her. Her replacement, delivered the same year, lived only a few days. In 1971 Messrs. Ruhe delivered two female white rhinos; but one cow was given back to thein very soon... |
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Rhinos in Berlin
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