User:Dan Koehl/Wolfgang Nehring

Wolfgang Nehring (4 February 1949 – May 2016) was a German Zookeeper and elephant trainer, who was known internationally for his spectacular elephant and sealion show in Zoo Krefeld.

Nehring was born in Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, started education as Zookeeper in Cologne Zoological Garden in 1963, continued as assistant elephant trainer on circus, toured with Holiday on Ice for some time, and joined a circus three years on tour in United Kingdom and was employed as zookeeper in Zoo Krefeld from 1973 until his retirement in 2014