Emapa, a male eastern grey kangaroo transferred from Kochi prefecture
13:51 JST, June 30, 2024
KANAZAWA – A 6-year-old “buff” kangaroo has been transferred from Kochi Prefecture to Ishikawa Zoo for breeding, bringing the number of kangaroos the facility has to eight.
Emapa, an eastern gray kangaroo born in 2018, has joined the zoo in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, after traveling from Noichi Zoological Park in Konan, Kochi Prefecture. He will be on display as early as late July after a health check, the Ishikawa Zoo said.
Emapa is 120 centimetres long and weighs about 62 kilograms. “He is more of a well-built, muscular kangaroo than any other we have kept so far,” said one keeper.
