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Kyoto City Zoo has collaborated with the Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University according to the partnership agreement on research and education in wildlife conservation since 2008. As a result of this collaboration, Kyoto City Zoo has established a new section, the "Center for Research and Education of Wildlife," to further promote research and education in the zoo. We have continued to run the "Exhibition of Intelligence" for more than seven years, with four species of primates: chimpanzees, western gorillas, white-handed gibbons, and mandrills. We have also observed various types of behaviors in giraffes, red pandas, Brazilian tapirs, and Humboldt penguins to understand the behaviors in each species. In November 2014, four Asian elephants were given to our zoo by Lao P. D. R. We have used this great opportunity to start various types of research on the elephants, collaborating with many university researchers. We also promote environmental education using this theme. I introduce the activities of research and education in the zoo from the perspective of the "four roles of modern zoos."
