Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Summer 2018 issue (No.711)

We will bring you a report on how endangered species such as the Ogasawara grass butterfly and Rock Ptarmigan are bred and raised in zoos in Tama and Ueno.
We will also introduce an initiative at Ueno Zoo that focuses on the food of Japanese Macaque, and the surprising evolution that allows baby animals to survive when born prematurely.

[Cover] Tama Zoo Cheetah Cover Description... Yuta Sasaki
[Tama Zoo]
Tama Zoo celebrates its 60th anniversary
[Tama Zoo]
The journey to rearing the Ogasawara butterfly for generations... by Akemi Ishijima
Readers' Photo Exhibition
[Ueno Zoo]
Keeping the "divine bird" of the high mountains, Rock Ptarmigan, in the city... Yukihiro Takahashi
[Ueno Zoo]
Thinking about food for Japanese Macaque... Kohei Aoki
Understanding the Life and Evolution of Mammals from Their Body Structure...Daisuke Koyabu
[From the zoo lecture]
Me, Animal Paintings, and the Zoo - Me, Illustration, and My Current Work
...Kimio Honda
[Poetry and illustrations]
Slow Loris...Poetry by Ryo Kizaka Illustration by Yoshifumi Hasegawa
[Talking about humans and animals]
Why I Loved Dani... Koichi Goka
Zoo News from Tokyo / Japan / Overseas
Book Reviews Animal Books
[Tokyo Sea Life Park]
We "raise" corals
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.