Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Summer 2014 issue (No.695)

The first part of the magazine introduces the migration of Tsushima Leopard Cat.
This is a nationwide initiative aimed at breeding.
Articles include various ideas developed for raising Diving Beetle at Tama Zoo, the application of DNA analysis technology to determine parentage of black-faced Black-faced Spoonbill, and an explanation of the development of a liaison group for surveying and conserving Shuttles Hoppfish in Tokyo Bay.

[cover]
Ueno Zoo Short-beaked Echidna cover description...Hide Morikubo
Tsushima Leopard Cat migration
[Tama Zoo]
Diving Diving Beetle raised on frozen grasshoppers - a breeding technique unique to Tama Zoo...Hiroshi Hashimoto
[Tama Zoo]
Determining the Parentage of Black-faced Spoonbill: Their True Parents as Revealed by DNA... by Yuko Ogawa
Readers' Photo Exhibition
[Special animal keeper Guide]
Ueno Zoo 's Small Mammal House...Takashi Kimura, Kazuhiko Shimizu, and Hide Morikubo
Surveying Shuttles Hoppfish Habitat in Tokyo Bay: Conserving the Tidal Flat Ecosystem through Regional Collaboration... Shingo Tanabe
Lecture series "Ogasawara Now" held by Yasumasa Tomita
[Poetry and illustrations]
Praying Mantis...Poem by Ryo Kizaka, Illustration by Yoshifumi Hasegawa
[Talking about humans and animals]
Let's go to the zoo to see the dinosaurs! ...Yoshitsugu Kobayashi
[From the zoo lecture]
Horses living with humans...Misao Takakusa
Zoo News: From Tokyo, Japan, and Overseas
Book Reviews Animal Books
[Inokashira Park Zoo]
Humboldt Penguin make their first appearance in 23 years!
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.