Carcasses of the Asian Elephant Killed in Ueno Zoo during the Pacific War

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  • ENDO Hideki
    Department of Zoology, National Science Museum
  • HAYASHI Yoshihiro
    Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
  • YAMAGIWA Daishiro
    Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
  • KOIE Hiroshi
    Laboratory of Comprehensive Veterinary Clinical Studies
  • YAMAYA Yoshiki
    Laboratory of Comprehensive Veterinary Clinical Studies
  • KIMURA Junpei
    Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Bioresource Sciences

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  • 太平洋戦争中の東京都の猛獣処分に関連するアジアゾウの遺体について

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Some zoos in Japan killed many large animals providing against air raids during the Pacific War. Among the terrible history in zoo of Japan, the three Asian elephants in Ueno Zoo killed by Tokyo Metropolitan government office(Tokyo-to)have been symbolic in social respects of peace since the end of the War. We examined the records on the carcass of the elephants in detail and traced the existence of the specimens. And we applied the age determination methods to Asian elephant mandible stored in the University of Tokyo to distinguish the individual from the elephants killed in zoo. As a result, the specimens of these killed elephants have not been present in any university and museum, although the University of Tokyo and the National Science Museum were expected to store them. However, we could demonstrate how mammalian and veterinary researchers dealt these elephant carcasses.

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