I visited Tama Zoological Park to see biological impacts of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. Tama Zoological Park shows us many baby animals who were born there after the accident. Generally speaking, animal's growth is faster than human beings, so they are more sensitive to radioactive materials of the environment than us. 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 Tokyo Japan.
Posted by Yoshitaka Kiriake from Japan on January 21, 2013.
福島第一原発事故による影響を見るため各地を訪問している。多摩動物公園では事故後に生まれた動物の赤ちゃんを見ることが出来る。動物たちの出産と成長は順調で、事故による影響は見られない。彼らは我々と同じ環境で暮らしており、彼らの健康状態を見ることは重要である。
Japanese macaque has a new baby.
Tama Zoological Park
It takes for one hour from central Tokyo by train.
About Tama Zoological Park
It exhibits Japanese animals such as sika deer, Yezo brown bears, and Japanese macaques, as well as animals from all over the world, such as African elephants, koalas, Indian rhinoceroses and orang-utans. The Lion Bus offers you a ride out among the lions.
wombat
ウォンバット
They are born in the zoo.
We can see these insects all year around.
They are born in here too.
Migratory locust(albino)
I enjoyed lunch here.
Because of stricter food safety law by Japanese government, we have no worry about foods.
People in Tokyo are living usual life as if the accident had not occurred ever before.
In fact, People in Tokyo have no worry about the accidents because Tokyo has no nuclear power plants and it is far away from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. They think radioactive materials from the site couldn’t reach here. So People in Tokyo are living without any worry about the accident.
I am continuing to visit to aquariums and zoos to see the effects of the
accident because we can see many kinds of creatures which are sensitive to
radioactive materials from the environment. It is important to see their health
for our safety.
Public Health
Network in Japan
