{"id":164852,"date":"2024-08-01T18:01:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T09:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=164852&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-08-01T18:01:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T09:01:58","slug":"fukuoka-zoo-seeks-names-for-new-asian-elephants","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-zoo-seeks-names-for-new-asian-elephants\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Zoo Seeks Names for New Asian Elephants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Zoo announced the arrival of four Asian elephants from Myanmar and is now seeking names for them. The elephants, three females and one male, arrived via charter flight from Yangon. Name submissions will be accepted from August 1st to the end of the month, with the final names being chosen through a public vote in October. Additionally, the zoo has started accepting donations for elephant care, offering commemorative badges in return. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/zoo.city.fukuoka.lg.jp\/news\/detail\/1419\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fukuoka Zoo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fnn_fukuoka-zoo-elephants-soichiro-takashima_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1051&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Zoo Seeks Names for New Asian Elephants\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1051\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-164838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fnn_fukuoka-zoo-elephants-soichiro-takashima_2024_cl.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fnn_fukuoka-zoo-elephants-soichiro-takashima_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fnn_fukuoka-zoo-elephants-soichiro-takashima_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C769&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fnn_fukuoka-zoo-elephants-soichiro-takashima_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C577&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from Soichiro Takashima official facebook<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &#038; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/>free weekly newsletter<\/a> today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/>The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/>this <b>form<\/b>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Zoo announced the arrival of four Asian elephants from Myanmar and is now seeking names for them. The elephants, three females and one male&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30040,"featured_media":164854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-164852","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-chuo-ku","news-category-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/164852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}