Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Summer 2023 issue (No.731)

An article about Chimpanzee from Tama Zoo.
We will introduce the efforts that animal keeper, veterinarians, and Wildlife Conservatio Center have been making as a team to connect the generations.
From Inokashira Park Zoo, we bring you an article on the aquatic plant Stonewort.
We will introduce how it was revived after 60 years and the trial and error process of cultivating it within the garden.
The cover features Motomoto, a Pygmy Hippopotamus that came to Ueno Zoo from Nifrel in Osaka.

[Cover] Pygmy Hippopotamus at Ueno Zoo
Cover description: Mayumi Hashikawa
[Ueno Zoo] Pygmy Hippopotamus hippopotamus "Motomoto" arrives at the zoo
[Tama Zoo]
The road to successful artificial insemination for the future of Chimpanzee...Mizuho Noda
Preserving sperm for artificial insemination - for Chimpanzee reproduction
Wildlife Conservatio Center Initiatives...Mayo Takayanagi
Readers' Photo Exhibition
The relationship between humans and animals seen through culture...Etsuo Narushima
[Inokashira Park Zoo]
The mythical aquatic plant Stonewort has been revived after 60 years
Inokashira Park Zoo 's Initiatives...Shingo Tanabe
Animals drawn by Manabu Ikeda
[Poetry and Illustration] Water Spider...Poetry by Ryo Kizaka, Illustration by Yoshifumi Hasegawa
[Talking about humans and animals] Far from being pests, they are wealthy insects... Hiromi Fukagawa
Friends' Association Lectures and Tours - On-site Events Resumed
Zoo News from Tokyo / Japan / Overseas
Book Reviews Animal Books
[Ueno Zoo] A newborn Harbor Seal

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.
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