Copenhagen Zoo (Zoologisk Have) in Denmark

Copenhagen Zoo (Zoologisk Have)
Photo: © Jens Madsen
Type	zoo
Size	11 hectares (27 acres)
Founded	1859
First elephant arrived	1878
Opened for public
Number of species
Address	Sdr. Fasanvej 79
Zip-code	DK-2000
Place	Copenhagen
Country	Denmark
Website	http://www.zoo.dk
Facebook	zoo
YouTube Channel	UCSXkZSW4yHU00tdzlYGWApg
Directors	1859-1871 Niels Kjærbølling 1871-1874 Fritz Hugo Kjærbølling 1874-1886 C.F. Fencker (William Sørensen, S. Jensen) 1886-1887 W. Rose 1887-1889 P. Pallensen 1889-1900 C.A. Hofman-Bang 1900-1910 Julius Schiøtt 1910-1924 Waldemar Dreyer (Lassen Landorph) 1925-1942 Theodor Alving 1943-1954 Axel Reventlow 1954-1956 Bøje Benzon 1956-1969 Svend Andersen 1969-1978 Arne Dyhrberg 1979-1994 Bent Jørgensen 1994-2011 Lars Lunding Andersen 2011-2012 Bengt Holst 2012-2017 Steffen StrædeBengt Holst 2017- now Jørgen Nielsen
Head keepers of elephants	Jens Larsen
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Copenhagen has a long tradition of breeding elephants. The first calf, [[Kaspar]] was born already 1907, and the king of Denmark has several elephants as a gift from the king of Thailand.

The late Danish king Frederik IX wrote a handwritten letter the 29th of January 1962 to the chairman of the board of the Copenhagen Zoo, Dr. Böje Benzon, with the following content:

Dr Böje Benzon
As You know, I was honored with the gift of three elephant babies in Thailand; when the first arrives i dont know, but I would like to ask You if I may deponate them in Zoologisk Have. The youngest and last one is only seven months old, so I doubt that he comes within the nest two years. The other two, I believe, comes within two months.
With best greetings to Your wife,
Yours sincerely
Frederik



2001: In 2001 Copenhagen recieved three elephants from Surin in Thailand, 2 a gift from the king of Thailand, to the king of Denmark, and a thir, named Surin, was a gift from the people of Surin Province. Copenhagen staff: On the bottom from left are; John Stegmann, Kim Oliver and Claus Pedersen. On the right is Peter Jensen.(Photo: Photo © Nai Somchai Madee, Ban Ta Klang,Surin.)