Martin van Wees

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Martin van Wees

Profession	zoo curator
Personal details
Born

Residence
Country	Belgium

Organisations

Title	member
Organisation	at European Endangered Species Programme for elephants in

Locations
Title	curator 2018-
Location	at Pairi Daiza (Parc Paradisio) in Belgium

Title	zookeeper 1968
Location	at Rotterdam Zoo in Netherlands

Title	elephant head-keeper-2018
Location	at Rotterdam Zoo in Netherlands

Biography details

Martin van Wees , zoo curator in Belgium

van Wees was born * .

Martin started in the field at the Rotterdam Zoo in 1968 until 2018. He filled many roles during this time, including keeper, head-keeper, supervisor of the Asian-continent area, and curator of this collection. In 2018, he retired from the Rotterdam Zoo. During his career, he was also the regional European studbook keeper for tree-kangaroos, red pandas, and Asian elephants.

Martin van Wees is mentioned on 2 elephant record pagesPholon, Winpap,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). curator Martin van Wees in Netherlands. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 12 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=2404. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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