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As the demand for Asian small-clawed otters rises rapidly in Japan, a CITES-related international trade ban on endangered otters from Southeast Asia will affect the trade in-country. The government plans to add restrictions on domestic trade as well. Amid boom in Japan, ban on trading...

Housing 4 meerkats, all juveniles/sub-adults (less than 1 year). I asked what they do with the meerkats once they become sexually mature (and potentially aggressive) and they didn't have an answer. Worker's face covered for privacy.

I do follow this place on facebook so I thought why not make a thread dedicated to this park, which seems to have an amazing collection (for a zoo in Japan). Many of you might have heard of this zoo for breeding pudus in Japan for the first time, and I did share a facebook post, on the Ouwehands...

I finally found what seems like JAZA's studbooks. However I do not know what the R,star, circle, not the triangle means nor have I used google translate to find answers. http://www.city.osaka.lg.jp/kensetsu/cmsfiles/contents/0000429/429032/siryou1-2.pdf

If google's translation bot is accurate, the zoo's only female Genki is pregnant, which I find amusing, since I recall learning that gorillas do better in a harem rather than a single pair. 新しい命(*^_^*) | 京都市動物園

The Tokyo zoological society has footage of animals in their parks (Ueno,Tama,Inokashira zoos, and the Tokyo sea life park) from December 2002 most of which consists of animals they currently do not keep or animals they have successfully bred. The link below shows the footage on their website...

There is a Japanese e-zine called "doubutsu no kuni" (not to confuse with the manga) that I have wanted to share with this community even before making my account. While not all of the magazines include English translations I hope this e-zine can give you an insight about Japanese zoos (although...

Flicking through Fb and came across this photo, guess what caught my eye............. KOBE ANIMAL KINGDOM | Japan tourist destination

Do you know of any strange, peculiar zoos? So far, I know of shopping mall zoos and a pet shop zoo (where you have to pay to look around the zoo, but you can by some animals). There are a few shopping mall zoos, mainly in China and Japan that I know of. A shopping mall zoo in Guangzhou has 6...

2 pairs of Chilean pudu have arrived from Santiago, Chile, this is the first time pudus have been exhibited in Japan. World's smallest deer makes debut at Saitama zoo | The Japan Times

A few bits from the centre; 1 Red handed tamarin born 6/9 2 Black eared marmoset born 23/8 1.1 Common marmoset sent to Ueno zoo 2 Bolivian squirrel monkey born 18/7 1 Barbary macaque born 1 Toque macaque born 1 Japanese macaque born 2.3 Japanese macaque sent to Hirakawa zoological park...

The aquarium has announced a first artificial insemination breeding of the Southern rockhopper penguin. Osaka aquarium boasts first successful artificial insemination of endangered penguin | The Japan Times

An Emperor penguin has been hatched successfully. https://www.facebook.com/adventureworld.official/?fref=ts

The world’s leading zoo organisation has suspended its Japanese member over its involvement in the controversial dolphin hunts in Taiji. The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (Waza) has suspended the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (Jaza) following a unanimous vote by its...

A gorilla (unsexed) has been born at Tokyo's Ueno zoo. Baby gorilla born at Tokyo zoo

wall space gallery | fine art in Santa Barbara, CA + Seattle, WA The elephant in this print sale is Kelly, from Zoo Atlanta. All funds raised go to support the victims of the earthquake,

Lifted from Herald de Paris. We have been working, these past few days, to bring you information on the fate of the numerous zoos and aquariums in Japan, affected by the recent earthquake and the resulting tsunami. With the great assistance of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums...

It was very gratifying to know that I can debate like this. The article that's commented on is here: Steno bredanensis: The Problem with The Cove They were trying to catch me off guard. Little do they know, I know a lot about cetaceans in captivity. (With the help of some friends to find...

I didn't think there were any proboscis langurs outside of S.E Asia, but looking on ISIS, Zoorasia, in Yokohama Japan has a group of 2.2, which 5 animals originally came from Indonesia. ?11????????