In June of this year (2011), a litter of four cheetahs was born at the zoo. One of them is a king cheetah - a first for Japan. (Boy would I love to be able to go see them). Rare king cheetah cub steals hearts at Tokyo zoo - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun
more king cheetah kittens born at Tama Zoo. Video on the link (including a quick shot of the one born in 2011, now an adult). Cheetahs Cubs Get Ready for Debut at Japan Zoo --NTDTV.org
King cheetahs are my favorite animal, so to me this is great! Also interesting in the video to see one of the adults perched on that thin tree limb - very catlike, but very un-cheetahlike.
two Tasmanian devils have arrived at Tama Zoo, which I found out from this thread - http://www.zoochat.com/241/visit-tokyo-447867/ - where FrancoisLangur said "By the way - Tama Zoo will start exhibition of Tasmanian devils TODAY (11th June)! Tama Zoo is the only zoo with Tasmanian devils in the Asian region, so I think it should be well worth seeing." Nothing yet on the internet I can see (there probably is on some Japanese-language sites though), but I got a snippet from Twitter saying their names are Maydena and Murdunna which I like because they sound like "Mayhem" and "Murder"
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This week will see the arrival of Amur tiger-male Artjom ( 1 1/2 years old ) from Tierpark Berlin. He is suspost to become the new breeding-male for the 2 females already at Tama.
東京・多摩動物園で男性職員死亡 サイに襲われたか ｜ 共同通信 An employee died after falling into the Indian rhinoceros enclosure. It's unknown if the rhino took a part in the keeper's death (google translate isn't the most accurate device).
Some of you may have missed this news but at long last a high profile animal move has taken place. F Indian rhino Gopon was transferred from Yokohama Kanazawa Zoo to Tokyo Tama Zoo. This is part of the new set of breeding loans being done in Japanese zoos and to set up new pairings. F Gopon is a proven breeder. I do hope they swap over the Nepal F Tokyo Tama own to either Nagoya Higashiyama or Yokohama Kanazawa as she never bred with the Nepal M they have at Tokyo Tama. Ideally, this move should have happened already 2-3 years ago, but F Gopon had just calved by then. Link: インドサイの「ゴポン」が横浜市立金沢動物園から来園します（※12月13日から公開します）
Not previously reported here. another large animal move involving the Indian rhinos scheduled for the month of March 2020: F Narayani (est. b. 2001 Nepal) is to move to Yokohama Kanazawa in the hope she may be bred with proven male Kintaro here. Link: TOKYO インドサイの「ナラヤニ」を横浜市立金沢動物園へ移動します YOKOHAMA http://www.hama-midorinokyokai.or.jp/zoo/kanazawa/1/6d0546e9640eed9b106f7fb1bc90d36bfa50609b.pdf One should realise the window for F Narayani to breed may be close(ing). It seems the already signalled at intensification of breeding programs and more ambitious animal exchange schemes are finally starting to happen in JAZGA accredited zoos. Fingers crossed for a good outcome.
After a survey on Twitter and on the park, the new elephant enclosure will be called Asian Elephant's Valley
By set up if you mean the enclosure, then this is the recently released footage of the new enclosure. it isn’t really big, but it is better than their previous enclosure. https://twitter.com/TokyoZooNet_PR/status/1417056716684894217?s=20
ソウル大公園、日本の多摩動物公園と希少動物を相互寄贈…チーター２匹迎える（中央日報日本語版） - Yahoo!ニュース 0.2 cheetah siblings Kon and Beni have been sent to Seoul Grand Park zoo. Back in April, a lioness named Mio was sent to Tama from SGP and gave birth to a cub in October.
It seems the Tama Zoo Indian rhino exhibit got another make over. New separation fences and earthen works. SOURCE: https://twitter.com/TamaZooPark/sta...wenIn1lFArT79WcLuL8zhVmvs_GmYeU77trqpZB-KcvHM https://twitter.com/TamaZooPark/sta...PCk7LvP1bjpNMXcSlZNKuDyOCYMKy5rEoRGduU8fC5hM8
Tasmanian devils will not be exhibited for a while because their Tasmanian devil died. They are planning to introduce a new pair. タスマニアデビルの「テイマー」が死亡しました
