Animals in Shiretoko

Animals in Shiretoko

SAPPORO, Japan - Yezo deer bucks lock horns as female deer watch on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on April 5, 2013.

Asahiyama Zoo previews new yezo deer section

Asahiyama Zoo previews new yezo deer section

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - The Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, known for its efforts to exhibit animals in a more natural environment, showed off its new yezo deer section to the news media on April 26 before its official opening to the general public on April 29.

UNESCO registers Shiretoko as natural heritage site

UNESCO registers Shiretoko as natural heritage site

SHIRETOKO, Japan - A yezo deer (front) in this photo taken July 12, 2005, moves cautiously while a brown bear crosses a river on the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, which a UNESCO panel decided July 14 to admit as a natural heritage site.

Yezo deer on Shiretoko Peninsula

Yezo deer on Shiretoko Peninsula

Photo taken on April 7, 2015, shows yezo deer feeding on grass in Shari on the Sea of Okhotsk coast on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Creatures in Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula

Creatures in Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula

SHIRETOKO, Japan - A crow perched on the back of a yezo deer in this June 2005 photo taken on Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido. (Kyodo)

UNESCO registers Shiretoko as natural heritage site

UNESCO registers Shiretoko as natural heritage site

SHIRETOKO, Japan - A yezo deer (front) in this photo taken July 12, 2005, moves cautiously while a brown bear crosses a river on the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, which a UNESCO panel decided July 14 to admit as a natural heritage site. (Kyodo)

Asahiyama Zoo previews new yezo deer section

Asahiyama Zoo previews new yezo deer section

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - The Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, known for its efforts to exhibit animals in a more natural environment, showed off its new yezo deer section to the news media on April 26 before its official opening to the general public on April 29. (Kyodo)