FW:(JP)Endangered lemurs in Ueno Zoo debut-please post your opinion

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(Keep in mind that Japan's Animal Care-not

protection-and Management Law is not annexed by the

provisions on how animal display facilities are

operated. So who knows what's really going on inside

those facilities?)

 

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news & cat=1 & id=167943

 

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Endangered lemurs in Ueno Zoo debut

 

Thursday, November 22, 2001 at 18:00 JST

TOKYO - A pair of endangered Aye-aye lemurs, imported

from Madagascar, were introduced to the public

Thursday at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, zoo officials

said.

 

The pair, an 8-year-old male named Mamy/2 and a female

named Soafiavy, who is about 3 years old, arrived from

the east African island nation in September as part of

a joint breeding project with Tsimbazaza Zoo in the

Madagascar capital of Antananarivo, they said. (Kyodo

News)

 

Japan Today Discussion

Nice cage... NOT!

10 (Nov 23 2001 - 12:03)

Nice that endangered animals are protected... Sad that

more often then not, the enclosures are completely

inadequate...

 

I hope those lemurs get a better deal than most of the

animals I've seen in the zoos and aquariums of

Japan... Can you say antiquated facilities?

 

Still, when you consider the size of the average pad

in this country, you can't really blame the people for

treating the animals like they treat themselves...

Then again, maybe you can...

 

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