Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Winter 2013 issue (No.689)

The cover features the Japanese striped snake, the zodiac animal for 2013.
In this article, we will introduce various tools used by animal keeper.
Topics include Asian Elephant "Asha" that bred at Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Gardens, the "hibernation" of Japanese Pipistrelle at Tama Zoo, and the much talked about capture of the Cuban solenodon.

[cover]
Ueno Zoo 's Japanese Striped Snake Cover Description...Daichi Sawada
A variety of animal keeper 's tools -Ueno Zoo 's Vivarium
[Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Gardens]
Asian Elephant Breeding - The Marriage of "Asha" and the Birth of "Patagonian Mara"... by Chihiro Suzuki
[Tama Zoo]
About rearing Japanese Pipistrelle and their condition in winter...Naoya Ohashi
[Special animal keeper Guide]
Monkey Mountain at Ueno Zoo...Kohei Aoki
Readers' Photo Exhibition
Successful capture of a large number of Cuban solenodons (alumiqui) and the results of the investigation: Aiming for the day when they will no longer be considered a "rare animal"... Satoshi Odate, Masaki Kita, Lázaro Echenique, Gerardo Beguet, and Takanobu Yasu
[Poetry and illustrations]
Black woodpecker...Poem by Ryo Kizaka, Illustration by Yoshifumi Hasegawa
[Talking about humans and animals]
Bats hibernating in the snow? ...Hirofumi Hirakawa
[From the zoo lecture]
Tackling the mystery of the "fish-watching room"... Nishi Genjiro
Zoo Topics - From Overseas / From Japan / From Tokyo
[Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Gardens]
Asian Elephant "Patagonian Mara" 1st birthday party
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.