Biological monitoring in Tokyo (January 20, 2015)

Biological monitoring in Tama Zoological Park

 I visited Tama Zoological Park to see biological impacts of Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant accident. Though I have visited various places in Japan to see the health consequence of the accident, I can find no effect against creatures in Japan.
 Tama Zoological Park, one hour from central Tokyo by train, is a unique zoological park, where animals are displayed under naturalistic and spectacular habitats set up in its vast land of 52 ha (129 acres). The zoo has three ecological areas, i.e., the Asiatic Garden, African Garden and Australian  Garden, and the Insectarium. Tama Zoological Park can show us many baby animals which were born there.
 Generally speaking, animal's growth is so fast than human beings that they are more sensitive to radioactive materials of the environment than us.
 So I visited there to see effects of the accident against animal's babies which are grown up by Japanese food and water.
 Fortunately, I can see them grown up safely and I cannot find any impact of the accident. It seems that there is no problem for childbirth and child-rearing in Tokyo Japan.
Posted by Yoshitaka Kiriake from Japan on January 20, 2014.



多摩動物公園ではシンセンレッサーパンダやキリンの赤ちゃんが生まれていた。ここで生まれたボルネオオランウータンやゴールデンターキンの子供たちも元気に育っていた。2014年12月撮影

シンセンレッサーパンダの子供

Styan's red panda

Ailurus fulgens styani

This baby Styan's red panda was born here in2014.

Reticulated giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata

キリンの子供

This baby giraffe was born here in 2014.

Tama Zoological Park

多摩動物公園

Lion Bus and Lion

ライオンバスとライオン

About Tama Zoological Park

http://www.tokyo-zoo.net/english/tama/index.html

多摩動物公園

http://www.tokyo-zoo.net/zoo/tama/

Google map

http://goo.gl/maps/vePOC

Bornean Orangutan

ボルネオオランウータン

Common peafowl

Pavo cristatus

インドクジャク

Golden takin

Budorcas taxicolor bedfordi

ゴールデンターキン

Snow leopard

Panthera uncia

ユキヒョウ

Amur tiger

Panthera tigris altaica

アムールトラ

Scimitar-horned oryx

Oryx dammah

シロオリックス

Serval

Felis serval

サーバル

African cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus jubatus

アフリカチーター

African elephant

Loxodonta africana

アフリカゾウ

Greater flamingo

Phoenicopterus ruber roseus

オオフラミンゴ

Red crowned Crane

Grus japonensis

タンチョウ

Siberian white crane

Grus leucogeranus

ソデグロヅル

Mandarin duck

Aix galericulata

オシドリ

Swan goose

Anser cygnoides

サカツラガン

Bar-headed goose

Anser indicus

インドガン

Himalayan tahr

Hemitragus jemlahicus

ヒマラヤタール

Mouflon

Ovis musimon

ムフロン

Japanese serow

Capricornis crispus

ニホンカモシカ

Père David's deer

Elaphurus davidianus

シフゾウ

Gray wolf

Canis lupus lupus

タイリクオオカミ

Przewalski's wild horse

Equus prezewalskii

モウコノウマ

Domestic horse (Hokkaido horse)

Equus caballus (domestic)

ウマ

White fronted wallaby

Macropus parma

パルマワラビー

Brush-tailed rat kangaroo

Bettongia penicillata

フサオネズミカンガルー

Sugar glider

Petaurus breviceps

フクロモモンガ

Common brush-tailed possum

Trichosurus vulpecula

フクロギツネ

Koala

Phascolarctos cinereus

コアラ

Red kangaroo

Macropus rufus

アカカンガルー

Reindeer

Rangifer tarandus

トナカイ

Steller's Sea Eagle

Haliaeetus pelagicus

オオワシ

Blue-and-yellow macaw

Ara ararauna

ルリコンゴウインコ

Green-winged macaw

Ara chloroptera

ベニコンゴウインコ

Yaku Is.sika deer

Cervus nippon yakushima

ニホンジカ

Japalura polygonata ishigakiensis

サキシマキノボリトカゲ

Japanese foods are good and safe.

Because of stricter food safety law by Japanese government, we have no worry about foods.

Sundae ; ice cream served with a topping

Sundae

 About 4 years have passed since Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. I have visited various places of Japan to see the health consequence of the accident.
 Fortunately I have never found any impacts by the accident among Japanese creatures. As far as I know, nobody has health problem which is caused by the accident in Japan.
 Our Prime Minister Abe assures that "The situation is under control. The influence of the contaminated water is completely blocked within Fukushima. There are no health-related problems until now and there will never be health problems." He also said that "Tokyo is 250 kilometers away from Fukushima, and the kind of danger that you imagine does not exist in Tokyo. Tokyo is a very safe city."
 As PM Abe said, Tokyo is very far away from Fukushima, people in Tokyo have no concern about the nuclear power plant accident. People in Tokyo have already forgotten the accident, because they think radioactive materials cannot reach there.
 We know there is no problem for child birth and child rearing in Tokyo. So people in Tokyo are living without any concern about the accident.
 I continue to visit various places in Japan to see the effects of the accident, because I can meet various creatures which are more sensitive to radioactive materials from the environment. It is important to see their health for our safety.

公衆衛生ネットワーク

Public Health Network in Japan

http://plaza.umin.ac.jp/phnet/