Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Fall 2012 issue (No.688)

The cover features Indah, Sumatran Tiger at Ueno Zoo.

The main text features photographs of Giant Panda, who are celebrating their 40th anniversary since arriving at the zoo, as well as a variety of articles, including a record of the natural mating of Ri Ri and Shin Shin, and the breeding of Cheetah at Tama Zoo.

[cover]
Ueno Zoo 's Sumatran Tiger Cover Description...Yukiko Matsui
[Ueno Zoo]
40th anniversary of Giant Panda arrival at the zoo
[Ueno Zoo]
Building a new Giant Panda family: Records of cohabitation for the first time in 13 years and natural mating for the first time in 33 years...Hiroshi Kuramochi, Mizuho Murakami, Hiroshi Fujioka, Nobuko Abe, Yumi Tamura, and Kazuo Saito
[Tama Zoo]
Cheetah breeding: Efforts to sustain breeding...Kanji Nomoto, Mizuki Karasawa, Takeaki Ito, Yuta Sasaki, and Natsuko Kondo
[Ueno Zoo]
Increasing the population American Flamingo—Breeding plan officially launched... by Mako Takatsu and Nobuhiro Kasai
What is Cheetah? ──How the "fastest hunter on earth" runs... Naoki Wada
[Special animal keeper Guide]
Tama Zoo 's Australian Zone...Yoshinori Kojima, Hatsue Namaizawa, Noriko Nagata
[Poetry and illustrations]
Ostrich... Poem by Ryo Kisaka, Illustration by Yoshifumi Hasegawa
[Talking about humans and animals]
A symbol of peace and friendship...Yamada Panda
[From the Zoo Lecture] ...Working Ants and Lazy Ants by Eisuke Hasegawa
Zoo Topics - From Overseas / From Japan / From Tokyo
[Ueno Zoo]
Toco toucan chicks are growing up
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.