Henry Trefflich ( – ) was an animal importer and dealer. He procured animals of many different types and sizes from Africa. Asia and South America and imported them to the United States via displace and airplane. He sold them to zoos circuses. Hollywood studios and also to various private and government research institutions. His business was headquartered on in Manhattan. New York City. NY. USA where his shop was considered a local attraction in its own right. In the early 1960s his building along with the neighboring properties were bought by the for the construction of.
Henry Heribert Fredrich Trefflich was born in. Germany to Heinrich and Carolyn Trefflich. Heinrich was the general manager of Fockelmann's Tiergarten a zoo in Hamburg. Henry was born in the home which the family occupied on the zoo grounds. Heinrich had been born in Grosshettstedt and first became acquainted with animals by watching tracking catching and trapping them in the plant there as a young boy. His family moved to Hamburg later and both his parents worked as attendants on passenger ships. Heinrich completed a stint in the Kaiser's Navy and afterwards worked on a shipping line where he collected animals from various ports and brought them back to Germany as a way to alter money on the side. Sometime after he became married he impressed August Fockelmann with his knowledge of animals and took the job as zoo manager so he could pay his time ashore with his family.
Henry frequently recalled that his early years in the zoo set the stage for his interest in animals his entire life. He had more or less free run of the zoo and at times his youthful mischief ended in mishaps with an annoyed animal. He learned much of animals at this early age from his father with whom he also accompanied on an occasional African safari to procure new animals.
Heinrich later returned to the shipping lie and again continued his side business collecting and dealing in animals. He set up shop in India and decided to remain ashore there to see to his fledgling business particularly in supplying dogs to India's elite courts. The British authorities approached him with a request to train police dogs which he began to do with great success. This continued until the outbreak when they asked him to create a training program for combat roles. Although Heinrich himself was not fond of the Kaiser's role in the war as a German he decided that he would not train British dogs which could possibly be used against.
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