The commemorative gold coin above, celebrating the 150th birthday of the Cologne zoo is available for purchase.
In 1864, four years after the Cologne Zoo opened these gates with the Red Deer and the gable gated buildings was built. The photo above is from 1904 and the photo below is most likely a later date as an "arch" has been added between the deer. I have never seen a picture of the original gate, and if anyone has one, I would sure be grateful to see it.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Cologne Zoo--150 years of captive animal history
Cologne Zoo--150 years of captive animal history
Above is the sea lion exhibit, mentioned in a thread below, that was built in 1887, 20 years before Carl Hagenbeck built the "first" naturalistic exhibit that assured his place in zoological history.
Cologne Zoo--150 years of captive animal history
This great picture from 1930 of the back of the elephant house before the cages were torn down, and the larger area we see in threads below with the hippos was added. The grandstanding fancy pants with the Italian shoes, is about to get jerked of the fence by the boy behind him. I hope he let's go of the broad he is hanging onto, or she's going also. LOL Remarkably, people are that ignorant even today.
Cologne Zoo--150 years of captive animal history
Cologne Zoo Elephant "House" today. I have yet to see any grace, beauty, and dignity replicated by today's zoological architects such as was done by the master's 150 years ago. But who know's maybe their intention was to replicate a high dollar health club and spa in their gated community? If that's the case, well done gentlemen.
Absolut empfehlenswerte website zu den Kölner Elefanten
Cologne Zoo--150 years of captive animal history
Pictured above are the Cologne Zoo hippo's in 1911. Note one of them has white feet that we have discussed in the past an occasional hippo has. Below are the Cologne Zoo hippos today, the last inhabitants of the historic Giraffe and Antelope House. I assume someone has asked them to shut off the lights when they leave. LOL
Cologne Zoo--150 years of captive animal history
Interior of the old Elephant and Rhino House at Cologne Zoo.
Cologne Zoo--150 years of captive animal history
Entrance to the former Elephant and Rhino wing added in 1874 to the Giraffe and Antelope House.
Cologne Zoo--150 years of captive animal history
Colognes first rhino, Schone Marie(Beautiful Mary) is illustrated above in 1872 upon her arrival. A rhino is pictured below 39 years later in 1911. 
Cologne Zoo--150 years of captive animal history
In 1863 the Giraffe and Antelope House was built. In 1874 the north end was extended and the Elephant and Rhino section was added. It was the only building at the Cologne zoo to survive WW II with no damage. The first elephant arrived at the zoo in 1865 and the first rhino arrived in 1872. The last inhabitants of this grand old building, the rhino's were moved out last year to their new home.
Cologne Zoo--150 years of captive animal history
Above elephant picture and story from 1866.
During the flood in 1882, mentioned below one third of the animals perished at the Cologne Zoo. Apparently there was chaos in the Elephant house as well as is pictured in the above illustration done in 1882
Cologne Zoo--150 years of captive animal history
Pictured above and below are the Ape House in 1911, built in the Moorish style preferred by Cologne's first director, Heinrich Bodinus, who was later Berlin's director. Carl Hagenbeck is credited with the first naturalistic display of animals in 1907 at Stellingen, but of note is that fact that in 1877 a naturalistic rock sea lion pool was built at Cologne where the first California sea lion birth in Europe occured a year later. I am not trying to dump on Hagenbeck's legacy, but as Cologne was only a day's wagon ride away from Cologne, I'm just saying......
Above is the Ape House is 1882, when the Rhine peaked and flooded her banks.
Cologne Zoo--150 years of captive animal history
These two folks pictured here, are in my opinion the two most esteemed former employee's of the Cologne Zoo. Pictured above is Mr. Peterman who could ride a bicycle and eat with a fork and spoon. But he had some authority issues, and in 1985 after attacking Director Gunther Nogge and inflicting life threatening injuries, he sadly died of a lead overdose. The esteemed former employee pictured below, was not as much of a rabble rouser as Mr. Peterman, and is the most famous former employee of Cologne Zoo, bar none. His name is Gerd Siemoneit(Gerd is featured all over this blog with photos and videos, if you have the time to look) pictured with his leopard, Cora. Cora used to live at Gerd's house, but tragically when she was moved to the zoo she was killed by another leopard. Gerd had her stuffed so some of you animal rights nitwits might think he isn't such a great and famous man. It doesn't matter what you think, because a hundred years from now you will still be nitwits, and Gerd will still be great and famous.
Cologne Zoo--150 years of captive animal history
Cologne Zoo Polar Bears. Above in an illustration from 1875 depicting an incident between the two polar bears, which led to the death of the female by drowning. I believe they lived in the bear enclosure pictured in the next thread, which housed Polar, Black, and Kamchatka bears. Does anyone know if that bear enclosure still exists. Below is new the Polar Bear enclosure pictured in 1956, when it was opened. I believe it has now been converted into a bird of prey aviary. Can anyone correct or verify please.
Cologne Zoo--150 years of captive animal history
Cologne Bear cages, photo above year unknown, engraving below year 1864
For additional Cologne Zoo history, type Cologne Zoo in the search bar on the left. We had a good discussion about the Cologne Zoo's new elephant enclosure, from information provided by Mark Rosenthal which I can't seem to find. I used to have a crack research unit connected with the blog(right Mary Ann) which was an ace at finding old threads, until they resigned.
Safari Club International
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Safari Club International Foundation
Another great organization as deserving of donations as TES or PAWS
National Collection of Heads and Horns at the Bronx Zoo
Above is the world class National Collection of Heads and Horns when it was housed at the Bronx Zoo. The tusks in the middle of the room are the one's mentioned in the news article in the below thread, that were once the possession of King Menilek of Abyssinia.
The hypocrisy and counterfeit process behind today's all squishy feel good political correctness is amazing and mind boggling that supposedly intelligent folks buy into it so readily. The sadness of an animal rights mind set was illustrated in the news story of the blind man and his seeing eye dog who were injured by a hit and run driver and the dog received thousands of get well wishes and the blind man received 4 from around the United States. The fact that I can not take my children to the Bronx Zoo and show them the National Collection of Head and Horns is not the ideal this great nation was built upon, because some folks didn't like it, or think it was right. Bushmans stuffed and mounted ornery ass "looks" at us from the Museum of Natural History in Chicago, because Lincoln Park zoo, who fed and housed him for years, sure can't have him hanging around in his current state, if they are going to count on those high dollar donations. The St. Louis Zoo, high dollar donations be damned, displays an honest, valid political correctness with Phil, who is "looking" at us at the zoo where he was housed and fed his whole life. If you want to look at Phil, look. If not, walk away or look the other direction. It is not your Private Idaho because you don't like it. Some folks do. A majority of the folks who objected to the National Collection of Heads and Horns, and other collections like it, are the same counterfeits who line up and get their tickets in advance for a King Tut type touring exhibit, and revel in the wonder of dead people!!!! They they will try to convince us they have culture and sophistication, as well as superior intelligence because the mounted animals made them ill, and for the good of us simple folk, they are doing away with them. They will try to alibi with, "it just isn't right, being surrounded by endangered species, to look at the poor things with their heads hanging on the wall. These same nitwits will drop gazillions of dollars to cruise to Egypt and stand with Egyptians, and revel in the wonder of dead Egyptians!!!!!! Give me a break!!!! Dumber yet was the zoo world feeling that it was okay to show the kiddies a snake shed or a hatched egg shell piece because it was "natural". Then they thought, "wait a minute, we can justify exhibiting and showing tiger pelts, rhino horns and skulls, turtle shell baskets and elephant foot bar stools as long as we point out that they were confiscated in the illegal wildlife market. Then we are educator's, yuck, yuck. " You morons, back when the National Collection of Head and Horns were gathered, there weren't many law's and regulation, so that makes them legal. I also promise you, the National Collection and other's like it did more to educate and illustrate the need for legal hunting/culling and the protection of endangered species then you and your beaver skin or muskrat skull will ever hope to do or accomplish.
I could never, ever mount or cut up an animal that I had know, worked with, or trained. I just couldn't. I would make sure it was disposed of properly so no one else could either. But I would give my right arm, if any were available for a GGW tiger skin(as long as it wasn't Rolls, Royce, or Rambo. I knew them. But a Prince would be great) or a Holtzmeir lion, a Clubb bear or a King Tusk umbrella stand leg. I could, and would mount someone else's or a zoo elephant, tiger, or Kudu horn if it was of signifigance, in a heartbeat, for people to marvel at a thousand years from now. I would also give any thing to have the opportunity to go on a legal, licensed tiger hunt and "bag" one of those magnificent creatures. If I could accomplish it with a bow, that would be a dream come true. That's my Private Idaho. I would hang it on my wall with pride instead of having it made into a rug, because I would want the dog to shit on it or the cat to piss on it. I would still continue to love, honor, and protect the endangered species of our world. "Our" world. Not "yours", and not "mine." Our world, and my children and grandchildrens world.
National Collection of Heads and Horns at the Bronx Zoo
The Bronx Zoo used to have an amazing, wonderful collection of heads, horns, skins, and mounts which was housed in the building above, built in 1922(now Security, Education and International Conservation Offices). It was the pride and joy of former director William Hornaday, himself a noted taxidermist of the era, mounting many exhibits also for the Smithsonian Institute, now the National Zoo. During the years of 1906-1922, Hornaday worked industriously to establish the National Collection of Heads and Horns at the Bronx Zoo in New York City. The entire collection is now in the possession of the Boone and Crockett Club(with select specimens held by Safari Club International) , and is displayed at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming. It includes many fine specimens such as the L.S. Chadwick Stone's sheep, acclaimed by many as the finest specimen of North American big game ever taken. It is an outstanding collection that will give much enjoyment to the hunter and other serious students of our native North American big game. More importantly, today it represents the outstanding success stories of modern game management and conservation that have restored our game populations to healthy levels that can be utilized in consumptive uses such as hunting, as well as just the plain enjoyment of watching these magnificent creatures in the wild. The presence of the National Collection and the beginning of conservation in the 1920s spurred interest in the recording of measurements of our big game animals.
In 1940 the collection held 2,371 specimens. When the Bronx zoo became candy ass politically correct and gave ownership of the National Collection to the Boone and Crockett Club in 1978 only 278 specimens remained.ZOO TO HAVE NEW FEATURE.; National Collection of Heads and Horns
To see the Kilimanjaro Tusks, type largest tusk in the world in the search bar on the left.
Egg of the extinct Great Auk--Norwich Castle Museum
An egg from a Great Auk is as rare as the Hope Diamond, and in my book twice as valuable. The Norwich Castle Museum supposedly has two of them in their collection. Does anyone know where they got them, or how they came in possession of them? I can't seem to find any information on their acquiring.
Aurochs part-skull & horn (extinct)--Norwich Castle Museum
Model of the extinct Auroch
For more great Auroch history, type Auroch cattle in the search bar on the left.
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