Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Winter 2010 issue (No.677)

We will introduce landscapes of Crested Ibis photographed in Sado and attempts to breed Crested Ibis in captivity at Tama Zoo.
It includes non-verbal communication with gorillas and a reunion after 26 years.

[cover]
Explanation of Crested Ibis photo of the Japanese crested ibis Tama Zoo... by Heizo Sugita
Visiting Sado, the island Crested Ibis ibis lives
[Tama Zoo]
Increasing the number of Crested Ibis: Captive breeding techniques and what we learned from raising them... Sugita Heizo, Hirose Itaru, Ogawa Yuko, Shimokawa Yuki, and Tomita Yasumasa
What gorillas taught me in the African forest... by Juichi Yamagiwa
Where did Japan's moles come from? ──Solving the mystery of mole distribution... Akio Shinohara
[Tama Zoo]
To clearly communicate the conservation of Oriental White Stork: Installation of explanatory boards and eye-catching displays...Mariko Yoshida, Kaori Ito, and Yuki Shimokawa
Reader's Photo Exhibition
[Ueno Zoo]
Black-necked Crane Breeding Strategy: How Black-necked Crane... by Satoru Nagano
[Poetry and illustrations]
Tiger... Poetry by Ryo Kisaka, Illustration by Yoshifumi Hasegawa
[Talking about humans and animals]
Parting and Meeting... Nonami Asa
[Ueno Zoo]
Laying eggs in tree bark! -- Hatching of the Slippery Leaf-tailed Gecko... Takashi Kimura
Zoo Topics - From Overseas / From Japan / From Tokyo
Library News from Akio Niizuma
[Ueno Zoo]
Western Lowland Gorilla Momoko gives birth for the first time in nine years
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.