[Adventure World] Penguins engage in regional cooperation and intergenerational exchange! Four Cape Penguins move to Susami Shrimp and Crab Aquarium
*Adventure World*
Press release: September 13, 2024
**
Penguins engage in regional cooperation and intergenerational exchange! Four Cape Penguins move to Susami Shrimp and Crab Aquarium *New exhibition hall unveiling ceremony will be held on Tuesday, September 17, 2024*
cape penguin
*
In an effort to revitalize the Kinan area through cooperation between local theme parks and aquariums, Adventure World (Shirahama Town, Wakayama Prefecture) has brought four young Cape Penguins to the Susami Shrimp and Crab Aquarium (Susami Town, Wakayama Prefecture). Transfer. *
*
From an animal welfare perspective, the newly relocated active young penguins are expected to stimulate the four elderly penguins living in the shrimp and crab aquarium, increasing their activity and improving their mental and physical health. I am. On Tuesday, September 17, 2024, an unveiling ceremony will be held at the new exhibition hall, where local residents and tourists will celebrate the penguins’ new lives. *
*The move of the four Cape Penguins to the Shrimp and Crab Aquarium was completed on September 10th (Tuesday).
*About the unveiling ceremony*
■Date and time: Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 10:00 a.m. to 10:20 a.m. ■Location Roadside Station Susami (808-1 Esumi, Susami-cho,
Nishimuro-gun, Wakayama Prefecture)
Susami Town Shrimp and Crab Aquarium In front of the new exhibition hall ■Depends on the ceremony
⑴ Purpose explanation
⑵ Greetings from the organizer Mr. Tsutomu Iwata, Mayor of Susami Town ⑶ Greetings Koji Imazu, Adventure World Director
⑷Tape cut
⑸ Four Cape penguins appear in the new exhibition hall
⑹Commemorative photo
You can freely watch the ceremony.
*You can see the new exhibition hall from the parking lot area of Susami Roadside Station.
* [About Susami Shrimp and Crab Aquarium] *
The Shrimp and Crab Aquarium is a rare aquarium that specializes in crustaceans and is attached to a roadside station in Susami-cho, Nishimuro-gun, Wakayama Prefecture.
It is run in the reused gymnasium of the former Esumi Junior High School, which was closed down, and displays about 150 species of crustaceans, mainly shrimp and crabs.
■Official website
https://ebikani-aquarium.com/facility/
* [Adventure World “SDGs Declaration/Park Policy”] * *
https://www.aws-s.com/parktheme-sdgs/*
Adventure World is a “smile to the heart”
As a “Future Creation Park,” the park embodies the image of a prosperous future Earth where all life is filled with smiles (happiness). Through the “small earth” that is our park, we will continue to create future Smiles so that the lives of everyone involved will be enriched, the lives of animals will be forever connected, and nature and resources will be circulated and
regenerated. I’ll go.
* [About SDGs] *
SDGs stands for “Sustainable Development Goals.”
It consists of 17 goals and 169 targets to solve problems facing society and create a bright future for the entire world by 2030. In September 2015, 193 people were held at the United Nations
Headquarters in New York.
These are international goals that were unanimously adopted by member countries.