Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Winter 2015 issue (No.697)

We will report on Ishikawa Zoo's efforts to apply falconry techniques to return birds of prey rescued at the zoo to the wild, Polar Bear breeding plan being carried out in collaboration with other countries across the country, and a survey of the current habitat of Japanese Macaque on the Shimokita Peninsula.

[cover]
Tama Zoo 's Bornean Orangutan Cover Description... Mika Shimizu
Animal quirks
[Ishikawa Zoo]
Training birds of prey for reintroduction into the wild using falconry techniques...Takumi Fujii
Readers' Photo Exhibition
The current status of Polar Bear breeding in Japan and efforts being made by zoos.... Waka Otsu
[Special animal keeper Guide]
Asian Mountains at Tama Zoo... Yoshinori Kojima and Mako Takatsu
Japanese Macaque of the Shimokita Peninsula: Secrets of their lives and a survey of their habitat... Shiro Matsuoka
[Poetry and illustrations]
The Sheep's Thoughts... Poem by Kizaka Ryo / Illustration by Hasegawa Yoshifumi
[Talking about humans and animals]
Please come to the secret garden... Nobukazu Takahashi
[From the zoo lecture]
Conservation of aquatic life: Thinking about the case of Japanese Giant Salamander...Takeyoshi Tochimoto
Zoo News: From Tokyo, Japan, and Overseas
Book Reviews Animal Books
[Tama Zoo]
Giraffe giraffe "Wabisuke" is born!
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.