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were infornied that on the contrary children sometimes smuggled 

 their own pets into this enclosure, apparently delighted in seeing them 

 so prettily housed and well cared for. Features of the collection were 

 oryx, beisa, five elands, giraffe, rhinoceros, and six zebras. 



HAMBURG (Director, M. A. Hans Biingartz) 



Perhaps l^ecause of the competition of the zoo at Stellingen. only 

 20 miles away, the Mamburg Zoo is not developing as fast as some 

 of the others. There are manv fine old buildings and the collection 



Fig. 39. — Penguins at Stellingen, in naturalistic rock pool. 



was very fair. Especially interesting were the small mammals, which 

 are brought to Hamburg in great numbers and varieties on German 

 ships. 



STELLINGEN (The Hagenbecks) 



Much has been written about this magnificent i)rivate enterprise 

 founded in 1905 by Carl Hagenbeck and since then maintained 

 by him and his sons. The Stellingen panoramas, the first of their 

 kind, and since often copied by other zoos, are the predominant 

 feature. Because the proprietors of the zoological gardens are also 

 dealers in animals, the collection changes continually and large herds 



