CHAPTER XIII 



ZOOLOGISCHER GARTEN, COLOGNE : PRESENT DIRECTOR, 

 DR. WtJNDERLICH 



In 1857 Dr. Garthe conceived the idea of forming a 

 Zoological Garden, and gave expression to this idea in 

 the Cologne newspaper of August 13 in that year. 

 People of every class appreciated his idea, and took 

 shares in a company which was formed three years 

 afterwards. This was the last work of this great 

 savant. A bust of him by Werres is now placed at 

 the end of the main walk in the Garden. 



The first Director of the Garden, Dr. H. Bodinus 

 aus Greifswald, was appointed on April 24, 1859. 



On September 17, 1859, plans of the Garden were 

 submitted by Director Strauss, and the work pro- 

 gressed so rapidly that the Garden was opened to the 

 public on July 22, 1860. Different houses and ponds 

 were added from time to time, until, in 1882, the 

 Garden reached its present extent. 



The institution quickly won friends and sympathizers 

 in all parts of the world. In 1869 Dr. Bodinus, the 

 Director, left in order to undertake the direction of the 

 Berlin Zoological Garden, and he was succeeded by 

 Nicholas Funk, who had been Director of the Brussels 

 Zoological Garden. During his sixteen years' term of 



