Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Summer 2016 issue (No.703)

The first Antarctic collection survey report in 12 years has arrived from Tokyo Sea Life Park.
We will introduce an experiment to refrigerate and preserve the eggs of Migratory Locust, as well as the efforts of Adachi Ward Biological Park to raise the Tsushima sea cucumber butterfly for generations outside its habitat.

[cover]
Ueno Zoo 's Eurasian Otter Cover description... Sayoko Makimura
[Tokyo Sea Life Park]
Searching for Antarctic creatures: First Antarctic collection survey report in 12 years
[Tama Zoo]
The refrigeration method for Migratory Locust eggs depends on when they are cooled...Yosuke Tanaka
Readers' Photo Exhibition
[Ueno Zoo]
Ex-situ conservation of Rock Ptarmigan on Mt. Norikura: Establishing breeding techniques through experimental breeding...Yukihiro Takahashi
[Special animal keeper Guide]
Tama Zoo Insectarium Center...Hiroshi Hashimoto, Akemi Ishijima, Tsutomu Sugita, Keiichi Kusano
[Adachi Ward Biological Park]
Initiatives for ex-situ conservation of the Tsushima urabo Shijimi butterfly...Satoshi Shimizu
[Poetry and illustrations]
Capybara...Poem by Ryo Kizaka, Illustration by Yoshifumi Hasegawa
[Talking about humans and animals]
My Animal Experience...Masatoshi Nakamura
Damage to Kumamoto City Zoo and Botanical Gardens from the earthquake and JAZA's response
Zoo News: From Tokyo, Japan, and Overseas
Book ReviewsAnimal Book "Giant Animal Anatomy Guide" by Etsuo Narushima
[Inokashira Park Zoo]
Farewell, Hanako, Inokashira Park Zoo
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.