Wolfgang Gewalt

Wolfgang Gewalt (28 October 1928 – 26 April 2007) was a German zoologist, author and former director of the Duisburg Zoo.

After the study of zoology, botany, chemistry and anthropology, his main focus was research of the great bustard.

He recorded his observations in the breeding grounds and his experience with hand bred great bustards in several publications.

In 1966, he became director of the Duisburg Zoo and landed in the headlines in May 1966 when the white whale Moby Dick strayed into the Rhine.

In the same year Wolfgang Gewalt participated in the Encyclopedia Grzimeks Tierleben for which he wrote a contribution on Didelphidae.