Cottbus Zoo in Germany

Cottbus Zoo
Type	zoo

Owner
First elephant arrived	1969
Opened for public	1954
Address	Kiekebuscher Strasse 5
Zip-code	03042
Place	Cottbus
Country	Germany

Directors	: Jens Kämmerling (director) 1956-1963: Erhard Frommhold (director) 1963-1966: Kunz Rauschert (director) 1966-2002: Klaus-Jürgen Jacob (director) 2002: Jens Kämmerling (director)

Key People

Veterinarians

Elephant department

Elephant management	Protected Contact, since

Head keepers of elephants

Elephant keepers	-: Heike Jandke (elephant keeper)
Record history
History of updates	2025-03-17:

Latest document update	2025-03-17 18:20:17

Description

Cottbus Zoo, located at Kiekebuscher Strasse 5, in Cottbus, Germany , opened for public in 1954 and the first elephant arrived in 1969

Cottbus Zoo elephants are managed in Protected Contact, since

Living elephants

At the Cottbus Zoo lives 2 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)

Comments / pictures Cottbus Zoo in Germany Germany

Elephant House with Asian elephants Sundali Karla, Preya.

References for records about Cottbus Zoo

Koehl, Dan (2025). Cottbus Zoo, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=162. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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