Damage to facilities at the Kumamoto zoo led to evacuation of its animals to other facilities (note: not to my house - below is a snow leopard; if I’d taken him in, not only would I now be dogless, I’d likely be too dead to write this), but Kumanichi reports that, with zoo restoration complete, the animals are being returned. The article contains a cute expression: 「２年半ぶりにわが家に帰ってきた」- “after two and a half years, they have finally come home.” I have kids in college so can empathize.
Zoo workers applauded as each tranche of animals arrived, and the animals are apparently adjusting well to sitting around and doing nothing but plot how to kill their keepers. - William
