Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Spring 2017 issue (No.706)

We will introduce efforts to breed Siberian Crane and the mobile aquarium activities of Tokyo Sea Life Park.
The "Special Zoo Guide" will show you the "work of facility staff" and the various innovations within the zoo.
The article features a study of wild Sika Deer on Mount Kinka in Miyagi Prefecture, conducted by Professor Minami Masato of Azabu University and others.

[Cover] Malayan Tapir at Tama Zoo Cover Description...Mariko Saito
In Memory of Professor Yoichi Shoda
[Tama Zoo]
A first in Japan! Bornean Bornean Orangutan raised by surrogate mother
[Tama Zoo]
Increasing Siberian Crane- What a second-generation pair has taught us... by Izumi Tsuchiya
[Tokyo Sea Life Park]
Delivering the Ocean: Introducing the Mobile Aquarium's Activities...Kentaro Amemiya, Akiyoshi Asano, Yasuko Miyazaki, and Shota Haba
[Special Zoo Guide]
Introducing the work of facility staff: Facility maintenance and management supporting zoos and aquariums...Norihisa Nakajima, Masatoshi Sakamoto, Takashi Shimizu, and Toshiyuki Tanaka
Readers' Photo Exhibition
The life of wild Sika Deer observed on Mount Kinka in Miyazaki Prefecture...Masato Minami
[Poetry and illustrations]
Prairie Dog...Poem by Ryo Kizaka, Illustration by Yoshifumi Hasegawa
[Talking about humans and animals]
Animals and War...Shuichiro Narazaki
[From the zoo lecture]
Chickens: The Bird that Captured People's Hearts... Hideki Endo
Zoo News: From Tokyo, Japan, and Overseas
Book Reviews Animal Books
[Ueno Zoo]
Andean Condor chick grows up fast
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.