Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Spring 2018 issue (No.710)

This book features a report on the breeding Giant Panda at Ueno Zoo, from the birth of "Xiang Xiang" to their public release.
At director roundtable discussion, the four director from Ueno, Tama, Kasai, and Inokashira shared their thoughts on the theme of "conservation."
In addition, we will introduce conservation efforts for the Land Snail, an endemic species of Ogasawara, and Ueno Zoo 's new facility, "Children's Zoo STEP."

[Cover] Giant Panda at Ueno Zoo Cover description... Atsushi Hirota
[Ueno Zoo]
The birth of Giant Panda "Xiang Xiang" - the journey from breeding to public release
...Atsushi Hirota, Keiji Saito, Mai Nakajima, Yukie Tokuda, and Laughing Hayashi
Readers' Photo Exhibition
[director Discussion]
Considering the "conservation" of Tokyo's zoos and aquariums
...Yutaka Fukuda, director Ueno Zoo, Kiyoshi Nagai, director Tama Zoo
director Tokyo Sea Life Park Naoki Tabata, director Inokashira Park Zoo Kazuaki Hihashi
The ABCs of avoiding the extinction Land Snail: Doing everything we can to protect the island's tiny snails
...Hideaki Mori
[Ueno Zoo]
New facility "Children's Zoo STEP" - Children's Zoo celebrates its 70th anniversary
...Hideyuki Takahashi, Mayumi Hashikawa, Mariko Yamaguchi, and Kaori Torikai
[From the zoo lecture]
"Mankind's best friend" born from wolves... Shinji Yabuta
[Poetry and illustrations]
Chameleon...Poetry by Ryo Kizaka Illustration by Yoshifumi Hasegawa
[Talking about humans and animals]
Hanako...Aki Fueda
Zoo News: From Tokyo, Japan, and Overseas
Book Reviews Animal Books
[Tama Zoo]
The Insectarium celebrates its 30th anniversary
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.