Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Summer 2026 issue (No.743)

The cover features a Barbary sheep from Oshima Park Zoo.

We'll share insights gained from the successful breeding of Japanese Serow at Inokashira Park Zoo Park to get baby forest elephants to drink their mother's milk. In addition, we'll bring you a wide range of topics, including a feature on vehicles used at Tokyo Metropolitan Zoos and Aquariums, and the symbiotic relationship between hermit crabs and sea anemones!

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Barbary sheep at Oshima Park Zoo

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- [Inokashira Park Zoo] To maintain Japanese Serow in captivity
—What I learned from four breeding cycles… Tatsuya Ito
・[Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park] The seven days until "Ao," the forest elephant, starts drinking breast milk... Yuki Yamamoto
・Working vehicles in zoos and aquariums, and people
・A hermit crab and a sea anemone bound together in the ocean... by Yoshihiro Yoshikawa

Other

Reader-submitted photo exhibition
・Poem and illustration "Sperm Whale"... Poem: Ryo Kisaka, Illustration: Yoshifumi Hasegawa
・Humans and animals talk about "Horses and Me"... Ichiko Uemoto
• [From a zoo lecture] The past and future of Bell-ware bed restoration in Tokyo Bay... Takahiro Kudo
Zoo topics: From Tokyo / From within Japan / From overseas
Book Reviews: Animal Books
others

• Table of Contents Illustration: Manabu Ikeda
- Hand-drawn lettering and illustrations: Isao Makino

"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.