Elephants are a Hagenbeck speciality
...The Hagenbeck Zoo marked its one-hundredth anniversary on May 7 with ceremonies celebrating its legacy of innovation -- and Hamburg mayor Ole von Beust inaugurating a new tropical aquarium. There visitors can get up close, if not personal, with alligators, anacondas and a host of other reptiles.
Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Elephants are a Hagenbeck speciality
Other zoos are paying tribute to the family-run park in northern Hamburg.
"As an urban zoo, it has a special significance," said Dr. Ragmar Kühne, a biologist at the Zoo Berlin. "It gave city dwellers access to animals. And it also helped distribute animals throughout Germany."
Berlin may have the bigger attraction at the moment in baby polar bear Knut. But Hamburg's Hagenbeck has an unparalleled history....
Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Elephants are a Hagenbeck speciality
Other zoos are paying tribute to the family-run park in northern Hamburg.
"As an urban zoo, it has a special significance," said Dr. Ragmar Kühne, a biologist at the Zoo Berlin. "It gave city dwellers access to animals. And it also helped distribute animals throughout Germany."
Berlin may have the bigger attraction at the moment in baby polar bear Knut. But Hamburg's Hagenbeck has an unparalleled history....
