That year, 88 sea otters were housed in aquariums in Japan. But the number plummeted to 30 in 2011 and to 10 in 2017. The last sea otter in the Tokyo metropolitan area died at the Aqua World ...

The Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums is taking what many animal activists say is a long-overdue step by initiating a process for evaluating the living conditions of wildlife kept at its ...