Ueno Zoo will hold a memorial service for the animals that died between September 2012 and August 2013.
Date and time: September 23, 2013 (Monday/holiday) 13:30-14:00
place In front of Animal Cenotaph in the east East Garden Ueno Zoo (next to the elephant enclosure)
Content・ director from the principal
・Introduction of the main animals to be commemorated
- Eulogy for the representative animal to be commemorated (Representative: Leopard Cat "Grandpa")
- Floral tributes from staff and visitors on the day (flowers will be provided by the park)
Main animals to be commemorated
| Memorial animals | name | sex | Age at death | date of death | Years of keeping | episode |
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| Canadian porcupine | Ramboo | Male | Estimate
Ages 5 and up | 2012
December 4th | 5 years and 8 months | It was popular as a "porcupine climbing a tree" visible from Aesop Bridge. |
| Leopard Cat | Grandpa | Male | Estimate
18 years or older | 2012
December 6th | 15 years and 9 months | It lived a remarkably long life for a small wildcat. It has a grandchild born in April 2011 in the "Nocturnal House" area of East Garden. |
| Eastern grey kangaroo | Rocky | Male | 10 years and 1 month old | 2013
February 17 | 5 years and 11 months | He arrived at the zoo in 2007 from Saitama Children's Zoo. As the largest individual in the herd, he helped convey the charm of the red kangaroo to visitors. |
| Grey Gentle Lemur | Big sister | female | 9 years and 8 months | 2013
March 28 | 9 years and 8 months | This was the offspring of Guri and Gura, and the first gray gentle lemur to be raised in Japan. |
| White-mantled Black Colobus | Zeus | Male | Estimate
19 years of age or older | 2013
May 17 | 19 years and 2 months | He arrived at Ueno Zoo in 1994 from Hirakawa Zoological Park in Kagoshima. He fathered one offspring at Hirakawa and ten at Ueno Zoo, and was a very long-lived individual. |
| Sheep (St. Croix) | Sakura | female | 10 years and 2 months | 2013
June 3 | 10 years and 2 months | Born Ueno Zoo in 2003. A breed with Goat-like appearance, she had a friendly and gluttonous personality. |
| Southern Ground Hornbill | No. 248 | Male | Estimate
Ages 5 and up | 2013
June 6 | 4 years and 9 months | Despite its large and robust build, it was nervous and had difficulty getting used to its caretakers. |
| Giant Anteater | Stubborn | female | 12 years and 11 months | 2013
July 14 | 11 years and 5 months | She fell ill during her pregnancy and had to be delivered by Cesarean section, which saved her baby, but unfortunately, she couldn't save Ganko. (Obituary here) |
| Gila Monster | No. 3 | Male | Estimate
26 years of age or older | 2013
August 1st | 25 years and 11 months | The longest-lived Gila Monster have been recorded in overseas zoos at 27 and 29 years old, and this one lived to a comparable age. |
◎Related Pages
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Memorial service for animals at Tama Zoo・
Inokashira Park Zoo Animal Memorial Service
Photo above: "Grandpa," Leopard Cat.
Center: The "big sister" of the gray gentle lemurs
Below: Gila Monster "No. 3"
(September 12, 2013)
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