A Fukuoka pet shop owner indicted for stealing a penguin from a Nagasaki zoo faces more charges for stealing other animals.
In addition to the penguin, the man is being accused of stealing a female capybara and five squirrel monkeys.
In all of the theft case, zoo officials thought that the missing animals had fallen prey to predators.
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Fukuoka pet shop owner steals animals from zoos
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Osaka's Private Savanna - Tennoji Koen Zoo
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Savanna (and a little bit of jungle) in the center of Osaka? Yes - you can find them both in Tennoji Koen Zoo. Enjoy :)
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Amur Tigers report
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The WWF has approved the relocation of several Russian Amur tigers to northeastern China to restore the wild animal’s population, World Wildlife Fund Russian department director Igor Chestin said.
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The Sad Animals of Ueno Zoo
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I'll come right out and say it, I don't like zoos. The idea of keeping wild animals in small, boring and ugly cages just for the purpose of entertainment is fairly repulsive to me.
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Dealing with Unwanted Pets in Japan
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More than 310,000 cats and dogs are killed every year in Japan. Many of them within a day or so of being rounded up – there just aren’t enough people to take care of them. There are few well publicised avenues for obtaining ’rescue pets’ in Japan, and this is a shame.
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Talking to Cat in Japanese
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For your daily dose of cute - In this video a friend of mine has a discussion with her sister's cat about food but can't find the can food. I helped to supply the subtitles including the cat's.
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Hot Ninja Sausage
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A Blue Ninja selling a sausage zoo in the supermarket!!! This made me LOL. Sausages are very cute for o-bento lunches perhaps?
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Digital TV Deer Arrested Naked in Tokyo Park
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Replacement mimics Tsuyoshi's park prank! Broadcast association embarrassed again.
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Civil Service Hunters Licensed To Kill
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Government money for guns and hunter training, to stop the marauding rural animals.
Read more »Wild boar injures four in Iwade
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Police says hunters shot and killed a wild boar after it attacked four people in a residential area of Iwade, Japan.
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Monkeys work in Japanese restaurant
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Personally I think this is ok, though the animal rights people will probably get all uppity about it. I read some other stories that said they were pets who copied what their owners were doing - a case of "monkey see, monkey do".
Read more »Ward in Tokyo to penalize feeding animals, birds other than pets
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According to the planned ordinance, the ward's officials will conduct an on-site inspection if there is a complaint from residents and if they find any violations, they would first warn the violators. Then in the case of the violators not following the warning, the ward may make their names public after consulting a review panel of lawyers and other experts.
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Very creative hairhats by Japanese artist Nagi Noda
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Video producer Nagi Noda surprises yet again with a very creative photo shoot of models wearing hats made of hair in animal shapes.
Nagi Noda (野田 凪) became internationally known for the 2004 short film "Mariko Takahashi's- Fitness Video" and the even better video clip for "Yuki - Sentimental Journey".
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