Hans Rietmann

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☨ Hans Rietmann
Profession	zoo elephant keeper
Personal details
Born	?
Dead	1947-12-24 Zürich Zoo in Switzerland
Country	Switzerland

Locations
Title	elephant head-keeper -1947
Location	at Zurich Zoo in Switzerland

Biography details

Hans Rietmann , zoo elephant keeper in Switzerland

Born ? dead 1947-12-24 in Switzerland .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Chang II (fatal attack)

Casualties

1 casualties

1947-12-24: elephant keeper Hans Rietmann fatal attack by Chang II. Hans Rietmann had no fear. On Christmas Eve, he entered the pit by himself. When he tried to fasten the chains around the elephant's hind legs, Chang turned and swept him up in his Trunk. Hans Rietmann † Hans Rietmann Died 1947-12-24, Zürich Zoo. Later that night, the trumpeting din of elephants Fighting aroused the sleeping zoo. The zoo director rushed to Chang's pit, found him attacking Mandjullah. On the floor he found Rietmann's dead body. This time there was no one to plead for Chang. At dawn the keepers' rifles cracked four times. Chang, the elephant with imagination, was dead.

1947-12-24: Hans Rietmann had no fear. On Christmas Eve, he entered the pit by himself. When he tried to fasten the chains around the elephant's hind legs, Chang turned and swept him up in his Trunk.

Later that night, the trumpeting din of elephants Fighting aroused the sleeping zoo. The zoo director rushed to Chang's pit, found him attacking Mandjullah. On the floor he found Rietmann's dead body. This time there was no one to plead for Chang. At dawn the keepers' rifles cracked four times. Chang, the elephant with imagination, was dead.

Hans Rietmann is mentioned on 1 elephant record pagesChang II,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). elephant keeper Hans Rietmann in Switzerland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 4 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3461. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,794126,00.html

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