Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Winter 2011 issue (No.681)

The cover Hippopotamus from Ueno Zoo.
The first Hippopotamus came to Ueno Zoo on February 23, 1911. We look back at the history of Hippopotamus keeping at Ueno Zoo through photos.
We will be showing you breeding efforts for Amur tigers from Tama Zoo and Malayan Amur Tiger from Ueno Zoo.

[cover]
Ueno Zoo Hippopotamus cover description...Inoue Tomoyoshi
[Tama Zoo]
100 years since Hippopotamus arrived in Japan...Teruyuki Komiya
[Tama Zoo]
Breeding Amur Tiger: A major success amidst difficulties... Takeshi Kumagai
Reader's Photo Exhibition
[Ueno Zoo]
Malayan sun bear breeding – "Umekichi" is growing up on "Bear Hill"… Mizuho Noda, Keishi Saito, Ayumi Nakamura, Tetsushi Kusuda
[Special animal keeper Guide]
Inokashira Park Zoo Aquatic Life House...Hiroshi Nakamura
Japan's Masked Palm Civet came from Taiwan - exploring their origins and diversity through genetics... by Ryuichi Masuda
[Poetry and illustrations]
Rabbit...Poem by Ryo Kizaka, Illustration by Yoshifumi Hasegawa
[Talking about humans and animals]
15 Minutes of Hippopotamus...Toshiaki Tsubouchi
What can we learn from the hatching of the black hagfish?... by Kinya Ota
Zoo Topics - From Overseas / From Japan / From Tokyo
[Ueno Zoo]
Hippopotamus 's neighbor is Pygmy Hippopotamus
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.