We were at Ueno zoo a week ago. The zoo itself was quite disappointing. The animals are being kept in tiny spaces. On the bright side, we did see a bunch of manuls. Even though they didn’t have much space to their enclosure either, we were glad to had met them. Since I’m quite bad at identifying mannuls I’d like to ask for help. Does anyone recognize manuls from the following pics?
Были в зоопарке Уено неделю назад. Сам зоопарк разочаровал сильно: маленькие клетки у больших животных, а маленькие животные живут большими кучками. Вольер с манулами тоже маленький, но всё было приятно повидать манульчиков. Может, кто-то сможет сказать, как зовут манулов на фото? По лицам их пока плохо различаю
Большое спасибо за фотопривет!
Мы были с Ромой в Уено два года назад и нам тоже не понравилось как выглядят экспозиционные вольеры, они действительно совсем небольшие и тёмные 
Как выглядит не экспозиционная часть — не знаем.
Но при этом надо отдать должное зоо: манулы там разножаются и у местных манулов впечатляющая продолжительность жизни!
На первом фото Примула.
На втором не могу идентифицировать.
Надеюсь, одностепчане помогут 
I will probably be going here in June, but what I’ve seen and heard about the enclosures definitely isn’t promising 
. It might break my heart to see them cramped and dark like this, especially after seeing the big beautiful enclosure Mimi has at Korkeasaari. I would have hoped Tokyo could do better by their manuls.
I agree – hearing about the small and dark enclosures has really made me think twice about going to visit manuls in Japan. I don’t think my heart could take it.
I know it must cost a huge amount of money to run these zoos, and their revenue opportunities are limited, so I try to be understanding. I’m sure the zoos would also like to have more space. But I hope they make up for it by keeping the manuls healthy and providing as much stimulation as possible!
I hope you have a good time there nonetheless. Take lots of photos for us, please!
Oh excellent! I’m so glad that they have a space to run around in – thank you for reassuring me! 