And now some updates for Japan:
Atagawa Tropical & Alligator Garden
October 2017 - devilfish
Futami (Ise) Sea Paradise
October 2017 - devilfish
Hakkeijima Sea Paradise
October 2017 - devilfish
Hekinan Seaside Aquarium
October 2017 - devilfish
Higashiyama Zoo
October 2017 - devilfish
Inokashira Park Zoo
October 2017 - devilfish
iZoo
October 2017 - devilfish
Japan Monkey Centre
October 2017 - devilfish
Numazu Deep Sea Aquarium
October 2017 - devilfish
Oji (Kobe) Zoo
October 2017 - devilfish
Osaka Kaiyukan Aquarium
October 2017 - devilfish
Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium
October 2017 - devilfish
Shinagawa Aquarium
October 2017 - devilfish
Suma Aqualife Park (Kobe)
October 2017 - devilfish
Sumida Aquarium
October 2017 - devilfish
Sunshine Aquarium
October 2017 - devilfish
Tama Zoological Park
October 2017 - devilfish
Tennoji Zoo
October 2017 - devilfish
Toba Aquarium
October 2017 - devilfish
Tokyo Sea Life Park
October 2017 - devilfish
Ueno Zoo
October 2017 - devilfish
Zoorasia
October 2017 - devilfish
I visited three zoos on Luzon last November:
Malibon Zoo: lives up to all that Peter Dickinson has written about it.
Badly kept and overcrowded animals on concrete mostly. Very overweight tigers, wet-feathered domestic geese, grossly overcrowded Philippine Brown Deer, crocodilians without enough water to fully submerge, domestic sheep with an apparent skin condition. Some animals seemed physically and mentally healthy, notably a huge Arowana in a big tank full of green water, and a number of parrots (including, if I remember rightly, the endangered Philippine Cockatoo) in large pet type parrot cages. Orangs were out of sight, so can't comment on them.
Manila Zoo: large open, albeit pit-type enclosures for big cats, good bird collection, although not set up for optimum breeding opportunities. Rufous Night Herons (apparently wild -- maybe derived from escaped/released birds?) walking about all over the place and apparently breeding. Single Asian Elephant (Mali, about who, much animal rights type stuff has been written), appeared well enriched, with dedicated keepers and volunteers, and little or no stereotyping.
Obviously aged Hippopotamus (since died), happily devouring a heap of potatoes. Zebroid on display, can't remember exact aren't age, but zebra of some kind x horse.
Avilon Zoo: by far the best, lots of goodies largely well housed and maintained. Crested Goshawk in an aviary with appropriate screening, so it could be seen by the interested visitor without panicking. Accipiters are difficult to exhibit in perfect feather, with undamaged soft parts and apparently well settled, as this one appeared to be. The best hornbill aviaries I've ever seen, tall, planted with appropriate nesting facilities and some soecies breeding. Geographically incongruous, but ecological appropriate, agoutis were picking up discarded fruit in the bottom of some of these aviaries. I suspect the zoo gets a lot of confiscated birds, as some rather 'special' species were housed in flocks, like the Philippine species of Hanging Parrot and Falconet. When I can find my photographs, I'm going to write this place up in more detail. I will just mention a big outdoor lizard enclosure, of which the stars were huge Philippine Sailfin Lizards. Also noteworthy were the many large Arowana sharing their pond with a lot of Egyptian Geese. A single Frigate Bird, possibly here for years, and maybe the one photographed in the Zoochat gallery, and lots of Purple Herons (I've only seen this attractive species in one other zoo -- Wroclaw) were other highlights for this bird nerd.