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Hagenbeck, Carl, 1844-1913 (German animal dealer and trainer)

 Person

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 08 April 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/41
Scope and Contents

Hagenbeck mentions the zebras he has in exchange for 'Romulus' or the Exmoor hybrid and states that he is surprised to find that some people at the London Zoo consider the Przewalski's horse to be a mule. He states that he has sold 'Matopo' to Arthur Yates, refers to the Kiang pony and Korea stallion which he is trying to sell and writes of his anticipated delivery of East African zebras which he will train to harness.

Dates: 08 April 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 25 May 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/54
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Hagenbeck states that he would like 'Romulus', the Exmoor hybrid and Shetland pony, but that he can only take them in exchange. He says that he will assist the British government to send two stallions to Mombasa, and that he will try to sell the Kiang stallion for Arthur Cecil.

Dates: 25 May 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 23 June 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/63
Scope and Contents

Hagenbeck asks for more information about the 'bastard Kiang' and provides information on the new East African zebra foals. He states that he has found that zebras are not immune to the Tsetse fly, the animal that he exposed to this fly having died in Berlin three weeks ago.

Dates: 23 June 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Carl Hagenbeck, 08 June 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/64
Scope and Contents

Hagenbeck states that he is unable to tell Ewart where the mare that he sent to him was caught. He writes that it will be difficult to find a customer for the Przewalski's stallion but that he will try to find a buyer for Ewart's kiang/horse hybrids.

Dates: 08 June 1904

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Hybrids 3
Stallions 3
Animal sale 2
Exmoor pony 2
Przewalski's Horse 2