The Green Zoo

In 1879, a zoo was built in the middle of a forest in Wuppertal, close to Cologne.

At that time it was a place with a chain carousel and a stage, today it is a zoo that adheres to international rules on animal husbandry and even breeds animals that have become extinct in nature. The film shows life at this "Green Zoo" then and now. We see spectacular animal and aerial footage and behind the scenes material of a zoo in the middle of pittoresque green hills.