Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Spring 2020 issue (No.718)

We will be introducing a breeding report from Ueno Ueno Zoo summarizing the three consecutive years of breeding of the mountain Mountain Hawk-eagle, also known as the "king of the forest," as well as articles on research into the diet of wild Asiatic Asian Black Bear, efforts to breed Japanese Night-heron at Yokohama Municipal Zoo, and penguin breeding and conservation, along with recent global trends.

[Cover] Japanese Black Bear at Ueno Zoo
Cover description...Kazumi Tada
[Inokashira Park Zoo]
Fennec Fox growth record...Haruna Araki
[Ueno Zoo]
The king of the forest, the Mountain Mountain Hawk-eagle-Eagle, breeds for the third consecutive year... Sayoko Makimura, Yoshinori Kojima, Taketo Nakamura
Readers' Photo Exhibition
A look into the diet of Asian Black Bear black bears... Shinsuke Koike
[Yokohama City Breeding Center]
Rearing and breeding of Japanese Night-heron: 15 years of efforts at Yokohama City Zoo...by Toshiro Shiraishi
Thinking about the future of the Earth together with penguins
--Characteristics of modern penguin biology and the role of zoos and aquariums...Ueda Issei
[Poetry and illustrations]
Otoshibumi...Poetry by Ryo Kizaka Illustration by Yoshifumi Hasegawa
[Talking about humans and animals]
Cheetah and leopards: differences in their lifestyles...Go Yamagata
[From the zoo lecture]
Chimpanzee sleeping in bed...Koichiro Zauma
Zoo News from Tokyo / Japan / Overseas
Book Reviews Animal Books
[Tama Zoo]
Focus on the changes in the markings of baby Malayan Tapir
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.