This second edition of Zoo and Aquarium History takes the reader on a journey through the transition of private collections to menageries, to zoos, then zoological gardens, and more recently conservation centers and sanctuaries.

... Tierpark Berlin - Friedrichsfelde . Vivarium at Tierpark Dählhölzli . Photo by and courtesy of. On 15 January 1999 the Tierpark's first African elephant was born in the elephant house . It was the seventh birth of an African elephant in ...

Under the direction of Vernon N. Kisling, an expert in zoo history, an international team of authors has compiled the first comprehensive, global history of animal collections, menageries, zoos, and aquariums. Zoo and Aquar

The unbelievable true story of the Cold War’s strangest proxy war, fought between the zoos on either side of the Berlin Wall. “The liveliness of Mohnhaupt’s storytelling and the wonderful eccentricity of his subject matter make this ...

Anja Höing, Arieahn Matamonasa Bennett. Hagenbeck's. Tierpark. Rachel. Couper. Abstract The architectural design of Hagenbeck's Tierpark marked a dramatic reinvention in the exhibition of animals, altering public perceptions of animal ...

... Tierpark was the biggest area ever to have been used as a zoo. Thus, it was insisted that while the Berlin zoo was 'just' a garden, the Tierpark indeed was a park.37 The first steps then taken were to reconcile the feudal architecture ...

... Tierpark 125 , GDR - 1136 Berlin , East Germany ] 86-006389 Minnemann , Dieter . NOTES ABOUT THE BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE HAPPY EAGLE ( HARPIA HARPYJA ) IN TIERPARK BERLIN . In : Raptor Research Foundation Symposium on the Management of ...

Written in an accessible style with many wonderful images, this book draws on meticulous archival research and a wealth of primary sources not available in English.