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Apr 23, 1892 Berlin Died on 06 Apr 1983 (aged 90)
German zoologist
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About Lutz Heck
- Ludwig Georg Heinrich Heck, called Lutz Heck (23 April 1892 in Berlin, German Empire – 6 April 1983 in Wiesbaden, West Germany) was a German zoologist, animal researcher, animal book author and director of the Berlin Zoological Garden where he succeeded his father in 1932.
- A member of the Nazi party from 1937, he was a close hunting friend of Hermann Göring, and worked under him.
- One of his projects was the reconstruction of extinct animals such as the aurochs through cross-breeding of various modern breeds which he thought had parts of the original genetic heritage.
- Heck cattle and Heck horses are named for the resulting animal breeds.
