Zoological Gardens of Japan

Kawata, Ken

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“…Kisling (2001) organized an account of animal collections around the world before the establishment of modern zoos, but made no mention of Japan. In a similar vein, Kawata’s (2001) history of animal collections in Japan begins with details of 17th century roadside animal exhibits. Unlike Europe, where royal menageries were common, until the Edo period (prior to 1868), no Japanese emperors or shoguns (generals) were enthusiastic about keeping wildlife.…”

Section: The Lack Of Wildlife‐keeping Experience and Operational Improvementsmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…This situation improved after World War II. The rise of a veterinarian, Tadamichi Koga, who was described by Kawata (2001) as Japan's “Mr. Zoo,” was an important turning point.…”

Section: The Lack Of Wildlife‐keeping Experience and Operational Improvementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Zoological collections in the United States are under the jurisdiction of a zoological society, this mode of operation was nonexistent in Japan . Kawata (2001, p.306)…”

Section: Global Zoos’ Strategies and The Problems Of Japanese Zoos’ Management Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Kawata (2001) argues that the privatization of municipal zoos has resulted in the downsizing of the workforce and done nothing to promote the modernization of zoos. He insists that fundamental changes are required to reform Japan’s zoos.…”

Section: Global Zoos’ Strategies and The Problems Of Japanese Zoos’ Management Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Historical Burdens and Management System Problems That Prevent Japanese Zoos from Concentrating on Conservation and Animal Welfare

Sadotomo¹

2021

Curator The Museum Journal

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This study investigated the management system problems of Japanese zoos by analyzing their history. Zoos are an imported form of Western culture, though they have led to improved animal husbandry techniques in Japan, which were extremely poor before their introduction. However, governments have treated zoos as financial sources for funding parks and museums. This changed around 1970, when Japanese zoos became dependent on tax revenues. Governments’ influences are often very strong, leaving zoo directors with insufficient authority over zoos’ personnel, admission fees, facility construction, and so on. In fact, Japanese zoos typically lack curator systems, and the facility construction authority is separate from zoos’ maintenance efforts. These are serious obstacles to the promotion of conservation and animal welfare, and no satisfactory system has been introduced to date. It is necessary to find a better long‐term management system for running Japanese zoos using a combination of tax revenues and donations.

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Section: The Lack Of Wildlife‐keeping Experience and Operational Improvementsmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…This situation improved after World War II. The rise of a veterinarian, Tadamichi Koga, who was described by Kawata (2001) as Japan's “Mr. Zoo,” was an important turning point.…”

Section: The Lack Of Wildlife‐keeping Experience and Operational Improvementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Zoological collections in the United States are under the jurisdiction of a zoological society, this mode of operation was nonexistent in Japan . Kawata (2001, p.306)…”

Section: Global Zoos’ Strategies and The Problems Of Japanese Zoos’ Management Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Global Zoos’ Strategies and The Problems Of Japanese Zoos’ Management Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Historical Burdens and Management System Problems That Prevent Japanese Zoos from Concentrating on Conservation and Animal Welfare

Sadotomo¹

2021

Curator The Museum Journal

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“…Van Geuns was certainly not the only trader, but he was the one who received the most attention in the media. Between 1919 and 1920, ten adults and fourteen or fifteen young arrived in traveling menageries and zoos in Japan (Kawata 2001: 304). The Dutch were also selling orangutans to other countries, and in 1929 they ended orangutan sales to Australia because of reports that Australian zoos were in turn selling the apes to institutions in the United States (De Courcy 2001: 198).…”

Section: Conservation and Crisismentioning

confidence: 99%

Plantations, Peddlers, and Nature Protection: The Transnational Origins of Indonesia's Orangutan Crisis, 1910–1930

Minarchek

2018

TRaNS

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This article examines the geographies and politics of the global trade in orangutans in the name of science and entertainment in the first half of the twentieth century, along the background of the growing international nature protection movement. In doing so, it draws attention to historical processes that led to environmental conservation in northern Sumatra. It looks at some of the causes of the wildlife trade, linking animal-human engagement in northern Sumatra in the early twentieth century to large-scale agricultural development. During this period, wildlife traders brought shipments of orangutans from northern Sumatra to Europe and elsewhere around the world. The orangutan trade and the arrival of large numbers of apes in Europe broadly influenced material practices and decisions central to the colonial project. This included the tightening of borders and surveillance in the ports and on land, as well as the creation of wildlife protection laws and policies that regulated human relationships with the environment in colonial Indonesia.

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Historical Background: Creation of Modern Zoos and Militarism in Japan

Itoh¹

2010

Japanese Wartime Zoo Policy

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Zoological Gardens of Japan

Cited by 3 publications

References 4 publications

The Historical Burdens and Management System Problems That Prevent Japanese Zoos from Concentrating on Conservation and Animal Welfare

The Historical Burdens and Management System Problems That Prevent Japanese Zoos from Concentrating on Conservation and Animal Welfare

Plantations, Peddlers, and Nature Protection: The Transnational Origins of Indonesia's Orangutan Crisis, 1910–1930

Historical Background: Creation of Modern Zoos and Militarism in Japan

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