History of Burgers' Zoo

Two Asian elephants on an old postcard (circa 1935)

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Photo: Old postcards Burgers' Natuur - Dierenpark, postmarked 1938.(collection Gerald Postma)
Photo: Old postcards Burgers' Natuur - Dierenpark, postmarked 1952.(collection Gerald Postma) Photo: Old postcards Burgers' Natuur - Dierenpark, postmarked 1955.(collection Gerald Postma)
 

Asian elephants on old postcards

Above: twice the same elephants before 1955

Right: two elephants on a postcard dated 1957

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Photo: Old postcards Burgers' Natuur - Dierenpark, postmarked 1957.(collection Gerald Postma)

Unknown elephant

Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)

Photo: summer 1966

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Photo: O. Postma, summer 1966
Unknown elephants

Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)

 

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Photo: Old postcards Burgers' Zoo. (collection Gerald Postma)
Kwimba, Mabel and Pinky

Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)

Kwimba, female, born May 10, 1961 in Budapest Zoo. To Arnhem in January 1966. Moved to Ponst Scorff (France) on March 10, 1998, and died there on June 12, 2005

Mabel, female, born in 1966 in the wild of Asia. To Arnhem on April 28, 1981, and died there on June 17, 2002.

Pinky: see Pinky

 
Photo: Old postcards Burgers' Zoo, 1981-1993. (collection Gerald Postma)