Karl Kreth

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☨ Karl Kreth
From left Hermann Ruhe, Ludwig Ruhe, Senior keeper Sigfried, and Karl Kreth
Personal details
Country	Germany

Locations
Title	elephant head-keeper -
Location	at Firma Ruhe in Germany

Biography details

Karl Kreth , organisation animal trader in Germany

Born ? in Germany .

... one of the Alfeld employees, an animal catcher called Karl Kreth, remained in Java during the war years, where he had been surprised by its outbreak. It allowed him to continue to collect animals that he would then send to New York City as late as 1917.

Charlotte Marlene Hoes, University of Göttingen

Karl Kreth offloading Ruhe elephants at the Alfeld Bahnhof

The picture with the small elephant: riders: Hermann and Ludwig Ruhe, in white jacket senior zookeeper Siegfried, in front Karl Kreth. At he picture when elephants are unloaded from train is Karl Kreth with hat.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). animal trader Karl Kreth in Germany. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=441. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://www.alt-alfeld.de/gewerbebetriebe/s-z/tierhandlung-ruhe/fotos/
Live Cargo, Dead Ends: The German Wildlife Trade in Global Perspective, Charlotte Marlene Hoes, University of Göttingen, https://www.ghi-dc.org/fileadmin/publications/Bulletin/bu70.pdf

Selected publications

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