The "actors" of the human zoos were extremely low paid and they were often confronted with false promises concerning their stay in Germany. Sami people appeared together with reindeer Egyptians rode on camels in front of pyramids made of paper mache Tierra del Fuego natives were shown in huts and wore bones as hair accessories, etc.Īlthough Hagenbeck achieved enormous international success with his performances, even at that time the idea of the human zoo was quite controversial and received some criticism. One of the reasons for its success was the fact that Hagenbeck knew how to stage the expositions perfectly. This "ethnological exhibitions" became so successful that they toured all over Europe as musicians and bands do today. People of Sami, Nubians, Inuits, Somalis, East Indians and other representatives of distant countries, had to stage their everyday life and their cultures. In the mid-70s he introduced to the public some sort of "human zoo". Not only animals were part of Carl Hagenbeck`s shows. His collection included large animals and reptiles and many of them were trained by him to do tricks. He captured animals in nearly every continent in the world and began to exhibit them as part of his exotic shows in all the large cities of Europe and the United States. He soon took over the organization of the hunts and made it global. And so the foundation for his own zoo was laid.īut before he opened his own zoo, Carl left his home in Hamburg to accompany hunters and explorers on trips to jungle regions and snow-clad mountains in order to catch wild animals. With a good sense for exotic animals and for business Carl got the idea to present them as an attraction to viewers for an entrance fee. When Carl was 14, his father gave him some seals and a polar bear. His father was a fishmonger who ran a side business buying, showing and selling exotic animals. Carl Hagenbec k`s exotic showsĬarl Hagenbeck was born on June 10, 1844. Animals and humans displayed together in the so called "ethnological exhibitions".
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