The Spring 2026 issue of the magazine "Animals and Zoos" is now available!
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April 1, 2026 00:00
The cover features Xiao Xiao, Giant Panda who traveled to China in January 2026.
The issue begins with a record of Xiaoxiao and Leilei's journey from Ueno Zoo to Narita International Airport, and also covers a variety of topics, including efforts to breed the endangered Japanese endemic bird, the Ogasawara Greenfinch, Chimpanzee blood sampling training, and the aquatic life and changes in Shinobazu Pond Pond.
"Animals and the Zoo" is the magazine of Tokyo Friends of the Zoo.
Annual membership fee is 2,000 yen. To request membership information, please see this page.
The latest issue is available at the gift shops of Ueno Zoo, Tama Zoo, Tokyo Sea Life Park, and Inokashira Park Zoo, as well as through the online shopping site "TOKYO ZOO SHOP" and Shosen Grande.
cover
Giant Panda (photographed at Ueno Zoo in December 2025)
article
・［上野動物園］パンダを送る日 シャオシャオとレイレイ
・［上野動物園］希少種を飼って絶滅から守る──オガサワラカワラヒワのために動物園がすべきこと
……高橋幸裕
・［井の頭自然文化園］ヤクシカの繁殖を目指して
……伊藤達也
・［多摩動物公園］チンパンジーの採血に成功するまで──個体に応じたトレーニングの工夫と健康管理
……佐藤澄音
・身近な水辺、不忍池note
……天野未知 髙松美香子
Other
・Readers' photo exhibition
- Poem and illustration "Flamingo"
...Poem: Ryo Kisaka, Illustration: Yoshifumi Hasegawa
・Talking about humans and animals
"Those who live in the magma desert"
...Kana Nishitani (Izu Oshima Geopark Certified Geoguide)
• [From a zoo lecture] When, where, and how do wild medaka fish breed?
...Yuki Kondo
・Zoo topics from Tokyo/Japan/Overseas
Book Reviews: Animal Books
[Ueno Zoo] Goodbye, Chinese Pangolin
・Table of contents illustrations.... Ikeda Manabu
・Hand-drawn letters and illustrations...Isao Makino
(April 1, 2026)