The zoological garden

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The Zoological Garden is the oldest existing magazine that deals exclusively with the keeping of animals in animal parks and zoos . Until the end of 2017 it was the official journal of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) and the Association of Zoological Gardens (VdZ).

history

David Friedrich Weinland founded the magazine in 1859 to arouse serious interest in the scientific observation of wild animals and thus to promote the keeping of strange and exotic animal species. At first the Frankfurt Zoo published the magazine on its own, but from the fifth volume on, reports from other zoos piled up, so that the newspaper was renamed “Central organ of the zoological gardens in Germany - magazine for the observation, care and breeding of animals”. After Carl Noll worked for the newspaper for 28 years, Oskar Boettger was appointed editor in 1896. He left in 1906 due to illness. Until 1922 the focus of the magazine shifted several times, so that from volume 63 (1922) the interest in the "Zoological Garden" waned so much that it was discontinued.

After several attempts to revive the magazine, it was not until 1928 that the zoo directors Johannes Gebbing ( Leipzig Zoo ), Ludwig Heck ( Berlin Zoo ), Ludwig Wunderlich ( Cologne Zoo ) and Kurt Priemel ( Frankfurt Zoo ) managed the newspaper under the old name “ The Zoological Garden ”to be brought back to life. With the additional title “New Series”, the editions of “The Zoological Garden” continued until the end of 2017. In 2018 the magazine was discontinued again.

Web links

Wikisource: The Zoological Garden  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Der Zoologische Garten" magazine, section 1 - Bernburg Zoo , accessed on October 4, 2013
  2. ^ "Der Zoologische Garten" magazine, section 2 - Bernburg Zoo , accessed on October 4, 2013