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Discussion in 'Japan' started by vogelcommando, 17 Jan 2016.

  1. vogelcommando

    vogelcommando Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    that's a poor article with little to do with its headline. A "sleazy animal trade"? The polar bear was captive-bred in Thailand and exported to Japan for breeding. They seem to be saying it is "sleazy" because it costs money. Only near the end do they drop in about "catchers" bribing officials - if the whole article had been about illegal animal trading and smuggling that would be fitting of the title, but the polar bear has nothing to do with it.
     
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    Can someone give a species list for birds in the zoo? The zoo doesn’t really mention their jungle bird exhibit.
     
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    Anybody's taken pictures of the lammergeier there? The zoo is the only zoo in Japan and possibly Asia to keep the lammergeier, and sadly the individual might be the last one in Japan as in a blog, the zoo mentions that it has no plans to keep new specimens in the future.
     
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    Has anyone been to Nihondaira Zoo recently and went into their tropical bird house? I want to know if their waxbills, Gouldian finch, bishop and whydahs still live there.