The summer 2026 issue of the magazine "Animals and Zoos" is now available!
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July 1, 2026
We'll share insights gained from the successful breeding of Japanese Serow at Inokashira Park Zoo Park to get baby forest elephants to drink their mother's milk. In addition, we'll bring you a wide range of topics, including a feature on vehicles used at Tokyo Metropolitan Zoos and Aquariums, and the symbiotic relationship between hermit crabs and sea anemones!
You can purchase it at the gift shops of Ueno Zoo, Tama Zoo, Tokyo Sea Life Park, and Inokashira Park Zoo, as well as the online store "TOKYO ZOO SHOP," Shosen Grande, and SAKANA BOOKS (607 yen including tax per copy).
"Animals and Zoos" is published four times a year. You can also subscribe for an annual fee of 2,000 yen.
If you are interested, please see this page.
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Barbary sheep at Oshima Park Zoo
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- [Inokashira Park Zoo] To maintain Japanese Serow in captivity
—What I learned from four breeding cycles… Tatsuya Ito
・[Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park] The seven days until "Ao," the forest elephant, starts drinking breast milk... Yuki Yamamoto
・Working vehicles in zoos and aquariums, and people
・A hermit crab and a sea anemone bound together in the ocean... by Yoshihiro Yoshikawa
Other
Reader-submitted photo exhibition
・Poem and illustration "Sperm Whale"... Poem: Ryo Kisaka, Illustration: Yoshifumi Hasegawa
・Humans and animals talk about "Horses and Me"... Ichiko Uemoto
• [From a zoo lecture] The past and future of Bell-ware bed restoration in Tokyo Bay... Takahiro Kudo
Zoo topics: From Tokyo / From within Japan / From overseas
Book Reviews: Animal Books
others
• Table of Contents Illustration: Manabu Ikeda
- Hand-drawn lettering and illustrations: Isao Makino
(July 1, 2026)