zoo animals - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1975 - 50 Pfennig

Interesting animals from the zoos and zoological gardens of the GDR The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issues eight multi-colored special postage stamps with pictures of interesting animals from the zoos and zoological gardens of the GDR. Interesting animals from the zoos and zoological gardens of the GDR 50-pfennig value: Böhm-Zebra, Tierpark Cottbus Cottbus has one of the nine scientifically managed zoos of the GDR. Founded in 1954 as Heimattierpark, he now shows 800 animals in 150 species. Municipal subsidies and countless work assignments of the Cottbus population made possible the rapid development of this facility. The predator house and the restaurant are the largest buildings, but they blend in well with the forest landscape. Camels, llamas, zebras and various cattle species throng the barren ditches on barely visible ditches. The zebras are among the first large animals that were purchased a few years after the foundation. They lived here especially well and now have 13 foals, which are coveted animal exchange objects, to the world. Audience favorites are currently. two young asian elephants. The construction of a house for the trunks is the next major construction project in Tierpark Cottbus. In a modern house, the predators are confiscated. The pair of lions "Simba" and "Kenya", once donated to the zoo by the Young Pioneers of Cottbus, raised 32 young ones here. A magnet for all small visitors is the children's zoo. Here you can watch small goats, sheep and pigs up close. A stately pony herd and langohrige dwarf donkey complete the occupation of this animal park section. Like in no larger zoo, the monkeys are not missing in Cottbuser either. The hussar monkeys are imported directly from Africa. The parrots, large colorful macaws from South America, live on a free plant and not attached to chains. A tour will also take us past various deer, antelope, small predators, birds of prey and pheasants. The Tierpark Cottbus has specialized in keeping and breeding waterfowl for several years. More than 50 different species of ducks and geese from all parts of the world are kept on several ponds together with flamingos, cranes and storks. Rare breeding successes with these birds have made the Tierpark Cottbus widely known. Every year, the rare ring-billed pochards are multiplied to a large extent and partly re-exposed in the wild. The endangered Australian chicken geese have raised ten young in two years.