Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Winter 2025 issue (No.737)

Tasmanian Devil the world's largest carnivorous marsupial and lives in Australia.
Tama Zoo first introduced them in 2016 and has kept six of them to date.
The caretaker who has been involved since the animal's introduction looks back on the past.

We will also introduce the efforts being made by Yasuko Suzuki of the NGO BirdLife International to conserve seabirds, as well as the results of research into artificial breeding techniques for Southern Rockhopper Penguin Kaiyukan has been working on for many years.

Designers working at Tokyo's zoos and aquariums then discussed "zoo and aquarium design."
What kind of attention to detail and thought goes into the notices and flyers you see around the park?
In addition, the essay corner "Talking about Humans and Animals," which welcomes people active in various fields in each issue, has received a contribution from crocodile researcher Yusuke Fukuda.

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・ Greater One-horned Rhinoceros at Tama Zoo
Cover description...Ayana Arashi

Featured Article

・Lee Lee and Shin Shin: 13 Years Spent in Ueno

article

・[Tama Zoo]
Welcoming Tasmanian Devil an "animal ambassador" - from its introduction to the present
...Noriko Nagata
Aiming for coexistence between fisheries and seabirds: Surveying the current state of bycatch and working to conserve seabirds
... Yasuko Suzuki (BirdLife International)
・Protecting the future of Southern Rockhopper Penguin
... Hayashi Shigeyuki, Tomizawa Nami, Morimoto Daisuke, Ito Konomi (Kaiyukan)
・Discussing the design of zoos and aquariums through the special exhibition "Welcome to Designare Tokyo Zoo Aquarium Design Room"
...Saori Kamiyama, Minako Saito, Naoko Kitamura, Mikako Takamatsu

Readers' Photo Exhibition

Talking about humans and animals

・Chasing Crocodiles...Yusuke Fukuda (Crocodile Researcher)

Other

Did Ural Owl eat the nut? ...Takatsuki Shigenori
・Zoo topics from Tokyo/Japan/Overseas
・Book Reviews Animal Books
・ Tama Zoo 's baby Greater One-horned Rhinoceros is growing

・Table of contents illustrations.... Ikeda Manabu
・Hand-drawn letters and illustrations...Isao Makino
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 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.