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

ボリビアリスザル

Bolivian Squirrel Monkey

Saimiri sciureus boliviensis

About Tobu Zoo

http://www.tobuzoo.com/global/english/

Google map

http://goo.gl/maps/0cw6T

東武動物公園

http://www.tobuzoo.com/

Tobu Railway

http://www.tobu.co.jp/foreign/

Sakura : cherry blossoms

ホワイトタイガー

White tiger

Panthera tigris tigris

ビルマニシキヘビ

Burmese python ( albino )

Python molurus bivittatus

ライオン

Lion

ミーアキャット　（スリカータ）

Meerkat

Suricata suricatta

アカゲザル

Rhesus Macaque

Macaca mulatta

リスザル

Common squirrel monkey

ワオテナガザル

Ring-tailed Lemur

Lemur catta

ハリスホーク

Harris's hawk

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

ワピチ

Wapiti

Cervus Canadensis

ヤギ

Goat

Capra aegagrus hircus

シンセンレッサーパンダ

Styan's red panda

Ailurus fulgens styani

アルパカ

Alpaca

Lama pacos

カバ

Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus amphibius

アクシスジカ

Axis Deer

Cervus axis

グラントシマウマ

Grant's Zebra

Equus quagga boehmi

ダチョウ

Ostrich

Struthio camelus

ミナミシロサイ

Southern White Rhinoceros

Ceratotherium simum simum

フタコブラクダ

Bactrian Camel

Camelus bactrianus

フンボルトペンギン

Humboldt Penguin

Spheniscus humboldti

オウサマペンギン

King Penguin

Aptenodytes patagonicus

ミナミアフリカオットセイ

South African Fur Seal

Tobu Zoo is a good place for bird watching.

コゲラ

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

 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.

公衆衛生ネットワーク

Public Health Network in Japan

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