2015年4月14日火曜日

Biological monitoring in Saitama April 15, 2015

Biological monitoring in Tobu Zoo

 I visited Tobu Zoo in Saitama prefecture to see biological impacts of Fukushima Daiichi 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.
 Tobu Zoo is Saitama's largest leisure facilities, incorporating an amusement park and zoo. The amusement zone is located in the east of the vast site while the zoo zone is located in the west. Visitors can have a close look at a pair of white tigers, a rare species, in the zoo zone. The zoo zone provides a variety of attractions on a regular basis enabling visitors to pet and feed docile animals including ring-tailed lemurs, a rare species in Japan. The amusement zone offers a variety of attractions as well, and is equipped with many pleasant facilities ranging from high-speed equipment to a classic merry-go-round. The facilities include a go-cart circuit named Afri-Cart, where visitors can ride the go-carts and drive around live animals, and the world's first wooden water roller coaster named Regina.
 So I visited Tobu zoo to see effects of the accident against animals which eat Japanese foods.
 Fortunately, I could see them grown up safely and I couldn't find any impact of the accident. It seems that there is no problem for childbirth and child-rearing in Saitama, Japan.
Posted by Yoshitaka Kiriake from Japan on April 15, 2015.





埼玉県にある東武動物公園は遊園地と動物園が楽しめるハイブリッド型レジャーランドだ。様々なアトラクションに乗ったらバードショーを見よう。広大な敷地には四季折々の花々が咲き乱れ、バードウォッチングも出来る。2015年3月撮影




These pictures were taken on March, 2015.



シロフクロウ
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl

ボリビアリスザル
Bolivian Squirrel Monkey
Saimiri sciureus boliviensis
Saimiri sciureus boliviensis


About Tobu Zoo
Google map

東武動物公園

Tobu Zoo
Tobu Zoo
Tobu Railway
Tobu Railway

Sakura : cherry blossoms
Sakura : cherry blossoms
Sakura : cherry blossoms

ホワイトタイガー
White tiger
Panthera tigris tigris
Panthera tigris tigris

ビルマニシキヘビ
Burmese python ( albino )
Python molurus bivittatus
Python molurus bivittatus

ライオン
Lion
Lion

ミーアキャット (スリカータ)
Meerkat
Suricata suricatta
Suricata suricatta

アカゲザル
Rhesus Macaque
Macaca mulatta
Macaca mulatta

リスザル
Common squirrel monkey
Common squirrel monkey

ワオテナガザル
Ring-tailed Lemur
Lemur catta

Lemur catta

ハリスホーク
Harris's hawk
Parabuteo unicinctus
Parabuteo unicinctus

ミナミワシミミズク
ベンガルワシミミズク
Rock Eagle Owl
Bubo bengalensis
Bubo bengalensis

ワピチ
Wapiti
Cervus Canadensis
Cervus Canadensis

ヤギ
Goat
Capra aegagrus hircus
Capra aegagrus hircus

シンセンレッサーパンダ
Styan's red panda
Ailurus fulgens styani
Ailurus fulgens styani

アルパカ
Alpaca
Lama pacos
Lama pacos

カバ
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
Hippopotamus amphibius

アクシスジカ
Axis Deer
Cervus axis
Cervus axis

グラントシマウマ
Grant's Zebra
Equus quagga boehmi
Equus quagga boehmi

ダチョウ
Ostrich
Struthio camelus
Struthio camelus

ミナミシロサイ
Southern White Rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum simum
Ceratotherium simum simum

フタコブラクダ
Bactrian Camel
Camelus bactrianus
Camelus bactrianus

フンボルトペンギン
Humboldt Penguin
Spheniscus humboldti
Spheniscus humboldti

オウサマペンギン
King Penguin
Aptenodytes patagonicus
Aptenodytes patagonicus

ミナミアフリカオットセイ
South African Fur Seal
South African Fur Seal

Tobu Zoo is a good place for bird watching.

コゲラ
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker


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

pancake
pancake








 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, Saitama Prefecture is very far away from Fukushima, people in there have no concern about the nuclear power plant accident. People in Saitama prefecture have already forgotten the accident, because they think radioactive materials cannot reach there.
 We know there is no problem for childbirth and child rearing in Saitama Prefecture. So people in there 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.



Public Health Network in Japan
公衆衛生ネットワーク
Public Health Network in Japan


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