Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Winter 2014 issue (No.693)

The cover features Tokyo Sea Life Park 's horseshoe leather jacket, in honor of the Year of Domestic Horse.
The main text includes information on breeding techniques for the year-round exhibition of Crab jay, the ecology of Lidth's Jay jay that lives on Amami Oshima, and articles on Lidth's Jay white jay conservation efforts at Ueno Zoo.

[cover]
Tokyo Sea Life Park Horseshoe Leather Jacket Cover Description...Shinichi Sasanuma
Animal Hospital Watching
[Tokyo Sea Life Park]
An attempt at a year-round exhibition of Crab...Shingo Tanabe
[Protecting Lidth's Jay (1)]
The Oriental Jewel, Lidth's Jay, a Fascinating Bird Found Only in Amami - Ken Ishida
[Protecting Lidth's Jay (2)]
Ex situ conservation of Lidth's Jay...Yukihiro Takahashi
Readers' Photo Exhibition
[Special animal keeper Guide]
Bird House at Ueno Zoo...Takeaki Ito and Miyuki Maeda
[Poetry and illustrations]
The Dormouse of Nihiki...Poem by Kizaka Ryo, Illustration by Hasegawa Yoshifumi
[Talking about humans and animals]
The revival of the legendary Ryukyu horse racing "Nmaharase"...Ryo Kusunoki
[From the zoo lecture]
What kind of creature is an octopus? ...Takashi Okutani
Zoo News: From Tokyo, Japan, and Overseas
Book Reviews Animal Books
[Tama Zoo]
Riki, the orangutan, turns one year old
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.