Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Spring 2008 issue (No.670)

Tama Zoo celebrates its 50th anniversary!
A special feature on the progress from 1955 to the present and what lies ahead.
We will unravel the history of Tama Zoo through memorable photos and past "Animals and Zoos" articles.

[cover]
Tama Zoo 's Greater One-horned Rhinoceros Cover Description...Yasuo Yoshimura
[Tama Zoo]
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the park's opening - Building a bridge between people and wildlife... Toshimitsu Doi
Welcome to Tama Zoo in spring!
Tama Zoo 's 50 Years: Past Achievements and Future Prospects - Etsuo Narushima
Timeline: History of Tama Zoo 1955-2008
Tama Zoo Historical Photo Gallery
Tama Zoo: Events of a Day - Reprint of the article...Takeji Kurita, Minoru Yajima, Tadao Kondo, Yuichi Ishii, Masaru Saito, Mitsuharu Koizumi, Etsuo Narushima, Koji Kumekawa, Kenji Machida, and Keishige Kita
Readers' Photo Exhibition
[Poetry and illustrations]
Malayan Tapir...Poem by Ryo Kizaka, Illustration by Yoshifumi Hasegawa
[Talking about humans and animals]
From memories of butterflies...Hidaka Toshitaka
[From the zoo lecture]
Looking at Japanese field mice from Shikoku - Investigating the distribution of field mice...Yoshifumi Kaneko
Zoo Topics - From Overseas / From Japan / From Tokyo
Akio Nizuma's Library News
[Ueno Zoo]
A 60-year-old "child"... Akira Takafuji
others

"Animals and the Zoo" is the magazine of Tokyo Friends of the Zoo. It is published four times a year and delivered to members.
For more information, please see the Friends of the Association membership request page.

Back issues can be viewed at Ueno Zoo reference room. If you would like to view them, please check the reference room's usage guide.

We are looking for photos to submit

In the "Readers' Photo Exhibition" section, we are accepting animal photographs taken at zoos and aquariums by members of Tokyo Friends of the Zoo. Both color and black-and-white photos are welcome.

Please send your submissions to the editorial department's email address, henshubu@tokyo-zoo.net, with the subject line "Readers' Photo Exhibition," and include your address, name, membership number, the name of the zoo/aquarium and animal photographed, and a short note about your work (up to 10MB, 3 photos per submission). For further details, please see the "Readers' Photo Exhibition" page in the magazine.

We will send a small gift to everyone whose submission is featured.