Ueno Zoo Tokyo - Ueno Zoo

Yea and the Tokyo metro is nice enough that residents and tourists can be in Tama Zoo in no time to see the big charismatic animals.

Tho looking at Tama Zoo, even many of these exhibits aren't rly as nice as what you'd see in NA and Europe. So have both zoos work to make a master plan that'll increase animal welfare and give zoo guests a more interesting experience
 
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If only Tama Zoo would start exhibiting crested ibis.
There was talk two years ago that the Tama Zoo would exhibit the ibis, but no progress has been made since then.
 
aardvark250 said:
Having literally every megafauna on Earth is definitely too much for Ueno. And tbh, the real highlights already (at least for me) are the small mammal house(s), the birds collection are pretty nice too.
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Too bad most of the small mammals and rare birds are not sustainable! (Except for endemic species)
 
Sadly, it appears that Jiro, the forty-year-old bull Nile Hippo has recently passed away, because according to hipposworld.de, it states that 'In January 2023, 1 cow lived in the zoo. Unfortunately, further information about the animal is not known.'. hipposworld.de/halterdetails4.php?ISBN1=X0087
I'm assuming the cow seen was eleven-year-old Yui, who moved there in 2015.
 
I think the Ueno Aye aye's facilities is the worst I've ever visited to see them. I have seen aye ayes in several zoos and none of them have been so complicated, except San Diego, where it's directly imposible.
 
PossumRoach said:
The zoo is keeping striped skunks for the first time in 39 years. 1.1 animals have arrived from Kobe Animal Kingdom. The animals are located in the children’s zoo section.

シマスカンクの展示を開始しました

A gorilla was born on May 31st to Momoko. However, the infant is being hand-reared.
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I've seen the skunk exhibit. Pretty nice, with lots of hiding spaces and dens. It used to be a part of the Porcupine enclosure, but they just added a wall and more dens. I don't think the Porcupine is too bothered. It was and still is the biggest enclosure I've ever seen housing porcupines. (I always thought the porcupine was too spoiled with 3 shelters with air conditioning, and around 3-4 rooms)
 
@Veno Oh No! He was always the first rare and exciting species I saw when I entered the Zoo!(I always enter from the back gate to avoid the crowd). I will miss him...RIP.
 
Veno said:
If only Tama Zoo would start exhibiting crested ibis.
There was talk two years ago that the Tama Zoo would exhibit the ibis, but no progress has been made since then.
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On my visit to Sado Island, one of the Ibis keepers told me that because the population of the birds are now stable on Sado, they are trying to introduce them into Honshu. Ishikawa, Niigata are the main locations due to the fact that it was the natural habitat of the Ibis before its extinction in Japan, and that the farmers over there are willing to stop pesticide use. This will ultimately increase the ibis population, so Tama Zoo may start exhibiting them soon.
 
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