Reimon Opitz
Reimon Opitz (born September 10, 1948 in Berlin-Zehlendorf ; † September 20, 2010 in Berlin-Westend ) was a German zoo keeper in the Berlin Zoological Garden , who received a lot of attention there in 2010 as the longest-serving animal keeper for raising great apes.
Life
Opitz grew up in Berlin and began training with the police. At seventeen he decided to become a zoo keeper and began training in the Berlin Zoological Garden in 1965. From the beginning it had him the apes done and he took over the area in the early 1980s and later became a top keepers. For this he moved into an official apartment directly in the great ape sanctuary.
Opitz made great contributions to the hand-rearing of great apes, which brought him into the public eye. Supported by his wife Marion, he successfully raised a young gorilla for the first time in 1977. Over forty baby monkeys of the species gorillas , chimpanzees and orangutans , but also gibbons and monkeys followed .
Reimon Opitz died on September 20, 2010 in the Westend hospital in Berlin as a result of a heart attack. He left behind his wife Marion, who died of long-standing cancer 15 months after her husband at the age of 60. Both were buried at sea.
Filmography
- 1994: Berlin Zoo Stories (SFB Video)
- 2006–2010: Panda, Gorilla & Co.
- 2006: Berliner Schnauzen (TV series)
- 2012: animal good! - The best monkey father in Berlin
Web links
- Reimon Opitz in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Monkey dad Reimon Opitz is dead obituary of the BZ
- Reimon Opitz (born 1948) obituary at tagesspiegel.de
- Berlin mourns the "monkey father" Reimon Opitz obituary at morgenpost.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anke Myrrhe: Zoo mourns the monkey father at morgenpost.de, accessed on December 19, 2014.
- ↑ Berlin mourns the loss of "Affenvater" Reimon Opitz at morgenpost.de, accessed on December 19, 2014.
- ^ Monkey dad Reimon Opitz is dead at bz-berlin.de, accessed on December 19, 2014.
- ↑ Widow of monkey nurse Reimon Opitz died of cancer. Her wish: a burial at sea like her husband. at www.bz-berlin.de, accessed on February 6, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Opitz, Reimon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German zoo keeper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin-Zehlendorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th September 2010 |
| Place of death | Berlin-Westend |