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.
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