Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Fall 2024 issue (No.736)

The Fall 2024 issue will feature a headline story from Tokyo Sea Life Park will be celebrating its 35th anniversary this fall.
In May of this year, the Waterside Nature area sadly closed its doors after a long history.
We will introduce the large-scale creature recovery that was carried out by our staff with great effort.

Ueno Zoo brings you a report from staff who visited the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center in March.
How is "Shanshan" doing when we meet her again after about a year?
In addition, we introduce the results of a long-term banding survey of Daito Scops Owls conducted by Akira Sawada of Waseda University, and a behind-the-scenes look at the successful tusk removal of African Bush Elephant at Tama Zoo.

[Cover] Crab at Tokyo Sea Life Park
Cover description: Keisuke Ichikawa
Table of Contents Illustrations by Manabu Ikeda
Handwritten letters and illustrations...Isao Makino

[Featured Article]
On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the opening of Tokyo Sea Life Park...Kazuomi Nishikori
The traveling aquarium celebrates its 10th anniversary... Yumiko Takahama
[Tokyo Sea Life Park]
Recovery and re-exhibition of "waterside nature" creatures
[Tama Zoo]
Taking on the challenge of removing African Bush Elephant 's tusks - Until "Tomu"'s tusks were successfully removed
...Takuya Fujimoto and Kaori Ota
Long-term study of Daito scops owls: what banding tells us
...Akira Sawada (Waseda University)
[Ueno Zoo]
Xiang Xiang's life in China
A visit to the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center
...Yuda Ishigami and Takuya Kurihara
[Readers' Photo Exhibition]
[Poetry and illustrations]
Ring-tailed Lemur tailed lemur...Poetry by Ryo Kizaka Illustration by Yoshifumi Hasegawa
[Talking about humans and animals]
Utsusemi... Momoyama Suzuko
[Tokyo Friends of the Zoo]
We held an Oiso White-bellied Green-pigeon observation event!
Zoo News from Tokyo / Japan / Overseas
Book Reviews Animal Books
[Tama Zoo]
Common Wolf "Sui" arrives at the zoo

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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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 photo 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/zoo where the photo was taken, the name of the animal, and a brief comment about your work (up to 10MB, 3 photos per submission). For more details, please see the "Readers' Photo Exhibition" page in the magazine. Those whose photos are published will receive a small gift.