Specimen. Sex: Male. Collected by: Hamburg Zoo, 1900. In coll. Naturhistorisches Museum, Hamburg, Germany
Specimen. Sex: Male. Collected by: Hamburg Zoo, 1900. In coll. Naturhistorisches Museum, Hamburg, Germany
Male in Hamburg Zoo, at death, 30 yrs 3 months old. Greatest circumference of body was 3,96 m.
Male Rhinoceros unicornis, Zoo Hamburg. The animal had an infection around the horn caused by too much rubbing during many years. It also developed a disease of the kidneys. I had to decide to kill the animal to stop his suffering. The question was to shoot it or to use poison. From the few experiences with poisons, we know that the effect of even deadly poisons like Strychnin or Cyankalium do not always have a predictable result in these large animals. Big game hunters from Africa write that this animal is killed easily with a well placed shot. The rhino was shot by Dr Walter von Ohlendorff, in the presence of many hunting friends, inclkuding the Prince von Hohenlohe-Schillingsf?rst and Graf Joseph von Baudissin. Also Adolf Frank, who had advised me about the proceedings. One shot was fired from a carbine Modell 88 with a 8 mm Vollmantelgeschoss. The bullet hit one rib and the animal fell and died.
The Indian rhinoceros lived in the gardens, calculated upto 31.12.1892 for a period of 22 years, 9 months and 7 days and is alive.
Hamburg Zoo, old male Rhinoceros unicornis . A bad habit of this animal had given it much hurt during its last years. He used to rub the horn on the nose against the walls and wooden planks, never at the fence around the enclosure. The horn never grew to any length. To reduce the effects of this habit, when the new pachyderm house was built twenty years ago, I made the walls of the inside enclosure as smooth as possible, and outside we put planks in all shapes against the walls. Still at the end a bad wound was found around the horn, which became increasingly big and started to attack the bony parts of the head. Nothing that we did could change this. When the animal then developed a disease in the kidneys, we decided to euthanize it.
The rhinoceros had to be euthanized. It came on 14 March 1870 when young, and lived here 30 years and 3 months. It was a male from India.
One Indian rhino had lived 8 yrs 9 mo 16 days until 31.12.1878 and was still alive..
Zoo Hamburg. One Sumatran Rhinos lived for 4 yrs 2 months and 6 days in the zoo.
Male in Hamburg Zoo, at death, 30 yrs 3 months old. At arrival it was 114 cm, at death it was 173 cm.
Male in Hamburg Zoo, at death, 30 yrs 3 months old. It was 3,25 m long
Rhinoceros unicornis male in Hamburg Zoo. The animal was euthanized. After death it was found that the suspected kidney disease was indeed present. Both kidneys were totally infected.
Rhinoceros unicornis male in Hamburg Zoo. The autopsy also revealed an enormous bladder in the liver, filled with a reddish, disease-like fluid.
One Indian Rhinos lived for 8 yrs 9 months and 16 days in the zoo up to 31.12.1878
The rhinoceros had to be euthanized. It came on 14 March 1870 when young, and lived here 30 years and 3 months. It was a male from India.
Zoo Hamburg. One Sumatran Rhinos lived for 4 yrs 2 months and 6 days in the zoo.
