Japanese crested ibises born in the wild went extinct in 2003. ... Local residents made efforts to balance restoring the crested ibis habitat with the promotion of agriculture.

That same year, the Sado Japanese Crested Ibis Conservation Center released 10 toki to roam the island freely, for the first time in 27 years. Three years later, ...

JAPAN NEWS-YOMIURI / 2016. Though once common across East Asia, the Japanese crested ibis, or toki, was hunted to the brink of extinction during the Taisho Era (1912-1926).

Conservation's Next Chapter ― Japanese Crested Ibis. Declared extinct in the wild in Japan in the 1980s, the crested ibis has made a dramatic comeback following an artificial breeding and ...

The Japanese crested ibis, or “toki,” is said to be a bird that does not easily take to humans. In Kin’s case, it took her about six months to let her guard down.

He also shared that a new Japanese airline named after the crested ibis was established in Niigata Prefecture, where Sado Island is the only habitat for the bird in Japan.

Yoichi Hokari, head of the Sado Japanese Crested Ibis Conservation Center, allowed Xinhua reporters to have a glimpse of their life through the computer monitoring system: in the innermost cages ...

TOKYO, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Female crested ibis Yang Yang gifted by China has died in the Japanese prefecture of Niigata, the Japanese environment ministry said.

TOKYO: Female crested ibis Yang Yang gifted by China has died in the Japanese prefecture of Niigata, the Japanese environment ministry said. Yang Yang, housed at the Sado Japanese Crested Ibis ...