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BREEDING

Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 17, 2018
'Holy Grail' of lizard species born in Prague Zoo under Europe breeding program
The Prague Zoo showcased five newly born earless monitor lizards on Tuesday as part of a European breeding program aimed at boosting numbers of the nocturnal reptiles rarely observed in the wild.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2017
Rare white stork likely hatched in wild, conservation group says
An organization promoting the revival of the Oriental White Stork, which went extinct in Japan almost half a century ago, said at least one egg laid by a nesting female has apparently hatched in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 20, 2016
Inside Japan's racehorse breeding empire
Harry Sweeney has his hand up a horse's backside. The mare looks put out by this intrusion. Her eyes dart about nervously and she shifts her weight before accepting five thick human digits probing her insides. After feeling the uterus and the swelling of the ovaries, Sweeney's arm, slick with mucus and excrement, reemerges. He doesn't even need to look at the monitor. "She's pregnant," he confirms, smiling.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 30, 2016
Heel! A ruff guide to Japan's top dogs
Behind the scenes of the country's largest dog show.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2016
Tokushima stork breeding deemed failure as crow snatches egg
The Tokushima Prefectural Government said Wednesday that a recent attempt to breed storks in the wild had failed after a crow snatched an egg laid in March and any others in the nest were deemed unlikely to hatch.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 26, 2015
Cincinnati Zoo to send last Sumatran rhino in U.S. to Indonesia to mate
The only Sumatran rhinoceros in the United States will be sent to Indonesia so it can have a chance to mate, an Ohio zoo famous for breeding the endangered species said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2015
Japan faces uphill battle to breed dolphins after drive hunt ban
Japanese aquariums are now actively seeking to breed dolphins, but they face an uphill battle due to a lack of facilities and expertise.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2015
After JAZA ban, Taiji mayor plans new association to sell drive-hunt dolphins: NHK
Kazutaka Sangen, the mayor of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, which conducts annual dolphin drive hunts, said he wants to set up a new association with aquariums wishing to obtain dolphins from the town, NHK reported Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2013
Zookeeper helps pad the rhino digs
To help save the rhino from extinction, a young keeper at Kanazawa Zoo is striving to make the captive environment for the mammals as close to what their natural habitat in the wild would be.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2013
Crane breeding center crowded as birds age
The Okayama Prefectural Nature Conservation Center in the town of Wake, known for having the nation's largest population of Japanese cranes, has been wrestling with overcrowded breeding facilities as the birds age.

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