Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Summer 2015 issue (No.699)

We will bring you records of the careful tracking of the growth of Japanese Squirrel squirrels at Inokashira Park Zoo, tips on how to artificially raise a southern tamandua born at Ueno Zoo, the current state of Japan's Rock Ptarmigan and conservation efforts, and more.

[cover]
White-handed Gibbon at Ueno Zoo / Cover Description...Yumi Tamura
Animal quirks: Tama Zoo
[Inokashira Park Zoo]
Investigating the growth process of Japanese Squirrel: From the naked baby to becoming independent... by Mikako Takamatsu
Readers' Photo Exhibition
[Ueno Zoo]
Artificial rearing of the southern tamandua - Further development of captive breeding...Hayashi Laughs
[Special animal keeper Guide]
Tama Zoo 's Eurasian Moorhen...Yuki Takahara, Isao Shimizu, Miwa Saito, Masanobu Shida
Will the sacred bird, the rock Rock Ptarmigan survive? ...Atsushi Kobayashi
[Poetry and illustrations]
Hermit Crab...Poem by Ryo Kizaka, Illustration by Yoshifumi Hasegawa
[Zoo Trivia Explorations ②]
Tama Zoo 's "Elephant Castle"
[Talking about humans and animals] Searching for the "path of birds" my grandfather saw... Yuki Imai
[From the zoo lecture]
The history of gorilla country: what we can learn from wild gorillas...Yamagiwa Toshikazu
Zoo News: From Tokyo, Japan, and Overseas
Book Reviews Animal Books
[Ueno Zoo]
Male polar bear "Ikoro" arrives at Polar Bear!
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.