Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Fall 2006 issue (No.664)

A special feature on the "marriage" of Tama Zoo 's African Bush Elephant, Mao, to Morioka City Zoological Park.
The breeding report discusses the techniques used to vividly display Naked Mole-rat rat behavior in the new exhibit.
The second part of "Tracking the long-distance migration of Mongolian gazelles" is now published.

上野動物園のハダカデバネズミ
上野動物園のハダカデバネズミ

A special feature on the "marriage" of Tama Zoo 's African Bush Elephant "Mao" to Morioka Zoological Park. A breeding report discusses the techniques used to vividly display Naked Mole-rat rats' behavior in the new exhibit. The second part of "Tracking the Long-Distance Migration of Mongolian Gazelle" is now available.

[cover]
Cover description of Naked Mole-rat at Ueno Zoo...Mizuho Noda
African Bush Elephant "Mao" travels to Morioka on a 12-hour trip with "Mao"...Masayuki Katayanagi
[Tama Zoo]
"Mao" Departure: Training for Travel...Yuko Sakurai, Hide Morikubo, and Masayuki Nakao
Visiting Morioka Zoo
Morioka Zoo: Mao's two months at the zoo. He also shows off a little bit of his odenba side... Hideki Takehana
Readers' Photo Exhibition
[Ueno Zoo]
Take a peek at the underground life of Naked Mole-rat at the new exhibition space... Mizuho Noda
Observing the Ezo red fox: 40 years of observation...Minoru Takeda
[Tama Zoo]
"Shingis" and his children attract attention: Zoos around the world cooperate to manage Snow Leopard 's bloodline...Aiko Fukuda
Tracking the long-distance launch of the Mongolian gazelle (Part 2)...Shigenori Takatsuki
[Poetry and illustrations]
Who am I? ...Poem by Kizaka Ryo, Illustration by Hasegawa Yoshifumi
[Talking about humans and animals]
I Dreamed a Dream...Jiro Takano
[Tama Zoo]
Wildlife Conservatio Center has just launched...Akihito Nakazawa
Zoo Topics...From Overseas/Domestic/Tokyo
Library News from Akio Niizuma
[Tama Zoo]
"Tamao" Thank you for the great memories
others

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