Japan’s ‘most dangerous zoo’ says it will fight closure

A Japanese zoo is fighting back after authorities in Hokkaido prefecture issued a closure order for the facility exhibiting ...
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Japan Zoo Discovers Male Resident Hippo Is Actually a Female After 7 Years

"We recognize the importance of reconfirming the sex of introduced animals, and will take precautions to ensure that this does not happen again," said the zoo Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer ...
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Japanese zoo stages emergency drill using person in zebra costume

Workers at Ueno Zoo in Toyko, Japan carried out an annual emergency test in an interesting way. Zoo officials dressed a zookeeper in a giant zebra costume and staged a situation in which the animal ...
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Zoo workers pursue person in bear costume for escape drill

Jan. 29 (UPI) --Visitors to a Japanese zoo were treated to an unusual spectacle as a person in a bear costume led zoo workers on a chase through the park to simulate a real animal escape. The Asa ...