We are looking for slogans related to animal welfare!
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June 25, 2026
Ueno Zoo is once again holding a "Slogan Contest on Animal Welfare" as part of its events leading up to Animal Welfare Week (September 20th (Sun) - September 26th (Sat)). Please submit your entry when you visit the zoo!
Recruitment
July 1st (Wednesday) - July 31st (Friday), 2026
Slogans on the theme of animal welfare (any format is acceptable)
Anyone can apply.
Free rest areas within the park (East Garden and one in West Garden)
The application form is provided in the application box that will be set up.
Please fill in the required information and drop it into the submission box.
Furthermore, we will strictly manage personal information, including data storage and deletion.
Winners Announcement
We will select five winning entries and seven honorable mentions, and contact the winners by phone by Saturday, August 8, 2026.
Winners will also receive a commemorative gift.
The winning entries, along with the winners' addresses (up to the prefecture level), names, and ages, will be posted on Ueno Zoo official website and also displayed within the zoo.
Outstanding entries will be submitted to the 51st Animal Welfare Slogan Contest, a national central judging event held by Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums as part of Animal Welfare Week. If an entry wins the Minister of the Environment Award, Gold Award, or Silver Award, it will receive a certificate and medal. Entries that are not selected will receive a participation award badge.
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The copyright of the winning entries belongs to Tokyo Zoological Park Society, and the copyright of the works that receive awards at the national central judging belongs to Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
Please note that your application may be invalidated in the following cases:
- If the same work is submitted by two or more kindergartens. Also, if it is clearly the same work (e.g., written differently in kanji and hiragana).
- If it is discovered that you applied using someone else's name.
reference
Total number of entries in 2025: 174
Five outstanding works from 2025
・Working to protect animals is cool.
Let's all preserve this endangered creature for the future.
For the sake of living creatures, for the sake of humans, and for a better planet.
Let's all protect the future of animals and the future of the Earth.
Let's think about a kind future where we can coexist, as we are one planet.