Regarding the endangered Japanese grouse, the Ministry of the Environment decided to move it to the zoo and proceed with further breeding plans if the grouse released in the Central Alps breeds well last year.
The endangered Japanese grouse, a national special natural monument, was said to have become extinct in the Central Alps about half a century ago, but three years ago, one female was confirmed to live, and the Ministry of the Environment Is working towards a resurgence.
On the 19th, experts and others will discuss online about future efforts, and if the grouse released in the Central Alps last August breeds smoothly, it will be moved to the Chausuyama Zoo in Nagano City and attempted to breed. It was decided.
And if the breeding is successful in the zoo, it will return to the Central Alps again and aim to increase the population.
According to the Ministry of the Environment, grouse eats the mother bird's "cecal manure" immediately after birth and inherits the bacteria in the intestine that digest the alpine plants that feed on it, but they were raised by hatching from eggs by artificial breeding. In that case, because there are no bacteria, if you return it to the wild, you will not be able to eat and you will die.
For this reason, in breeding at zoos, we would like to create chicks from grouse that inherit bacteria from their mother birds and let them inherit the bacteria.
One of the experts, Professor Emeritus Hiroshi Nakamura of Shinshu University, said, "Moving grouse to the zoo and returning it to the wild is a difficult plan, and if successful, it will be a big momentum for the grouse revival in the Central Alps. The hurdle is high, but I want to challenge. "