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Cologne Zoo - Moorish House (hippo)

The pool of the hippo indoor exhibit inside the Moorish House in Cologne Zoo, Germany. This exhibit is completely inadequate and the most outdated exhibit in the whole zoo. The Moorish House opened in 1863 and is, as far as I have understood, the oldest still functioning animal house in Germany. Inside are stalls for black rhinos, hippos and sitatungas as well as some exhibitions, the most prominent being the 2006 EAZA Rhino Campaign exhibition. The Moorish House has always functioned as a pachyderm house but the Asian elephants moved to the new Elefantenpark in 2002, the hippos will move to the new Hippodom in 2010 and the last black rhino will also leave soon. After that the Moorish House will be used as a zoo-museum. July 2009

Cologne Zoo - Moorish House (hippo)
Toddy, 3 Dec 2009
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    • snowleopard
      Atrocity, archaic, antiquated, awful, abomination...these are all exaggerated "a" words that often perfectly describe a junky animal enclosure. I'd hate to see them vanish from ZooChat...haha!:)
      4 Dec 2009
    • Toddy
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      4 Dec 2009
    • Maguari
      Toddy - I like your style. :D
      4 Dec 2009
    • Dan
      I will think up a B-word.
      4 Dec 2009
    • EvilKittie
      am i being stupid, but what do they all mean, i know a few =(
      5 Dec 2009
    • sander723
      Do you know for sure it is going to be a museum?
      17 Mar 2010
    • Kifaru Bwana
      The Moorish House will be redevelopped not as a museum, but as part of an animal exhibit. The black rhinos will remain within the Koelner Zoo collection plan and be part of the to be built African savannah (encompassing the current Giraffe and Bison areas) + the Moorish House. :D
      24 Oct 2010
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