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Indonesia will loan two Komodo dragons to Japan’s Shizuoka prefecture, where it is hoped the endangered reptiles will be able to breed, and will receive some red pandas and giraffes in return, an official said on Monday.
The Forestry Ministry said the animal swaps would increase “contributions from both parties toward wildlife protection and conservation, as well as raising public awareness of biodiversity,” adding that the programme was intended to breed the Komodo dragons, which the IUCN Red List classifies as endangered.
Ahmad Munawir, a conservation official at the ministry, told Reuters a male and a female will be sent to a zoo in Shizuoka. In return, the prefecture will send several animals to Indonesia, including red pandas and giraffes, Ahmad said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Indonesia will loan two Komodo dragons to Japan’s Shizuoka prefecture, where it is hoped the endangered reptiles will be able to breed, and will receive some red pandas and giraffes in return, an official said on Monday.The Forestry Ministry said the animal swaps would increase “contributions from both parties toward wildlife protection and conservation, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nIndonesia to loan endangered Komodo dragons to Japan - Metro Plus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/03\/30\/indonesia-to-loan-endangered-komodo-dragons-to-japan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Indonesia to loan endangered Komodo dragons to Japan - 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