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description: Chapters: Kaliningrad Zoo Moscow Zoo Leningrad Zoo. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Kaliningrad Zoo - The site of the modern zoo was home in 1895 to the Northeast German industrial and craft exhibition. Its supervisor Hermann Claa proposed keeping the wooden pavilions to make a zoo. This idea met with support and enthusiasm among K nigsbergers as the creation of a zoo had been discussed since the 1880s. On August 22 1895 the Tiergarten Society was created to realize the plan. Its chairman was privy councillor Maximillian Braun head of the zoological institute at the University of K nigsberg. The press actively supported the project having given K nigsbergers an opportunity to express their opinion in the newspapers. The elephant Jenny giving a ride to children in the K nigsberg zoo (1911).Using the society dues and with the financial help of patrons of art who supported the idea (but without public funds) the society refurbished the exhibition pavilions. Hermann Claa became the zoo's technical head (and after 1897 the director). Building was a joint effort by Claa the park technician Model and assistant technician Wichul. The zoo's solemn opening took place on May 21 1896. At that time the collection had 893 specimens representing 262 species. As the zoo received no state funds several activities were arranged to bring in revenue. A band gave open-air concerts every day in summer and at a concert hall every Sunday in winter. In June 1906 the zoo organized the novel entertainment of a hot air balloon ride (up to 300 m) which cost three marks. By comparison the 1910 entrance fees were 50 pfennigs (for adults) and 20 pfennigs (for children). However there was a reduction on the third Sunday of each month. The zoo was open eve...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id8631149
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title: Zoos in Russia: Kaliningrad Zoo, Moscow Zoo, Leningrad Zoo
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