The frogs are the answer,
The key to turn the lock,
The cure to many diseases,
But they are almost gone,
What will you do?
--Brittany Belanger, Age 12,
Winner of the 1st Annual Frog Poetry Contest
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Frogs are disappearing
Frog populations have been declining worldwide at unprecedented rates, and nearly one-third of the world’s 6,618 amphibian species are threatened with extinction. Up to 200 species have completely disappeared since 1980, and this is NOT normal: amphibians naturally go extinct at a rate of only about one species every 250 years!!!
Frog populations are faced with an onslaught of environmental problems, including pollution, infectious diseases, habitat loss,
invasive species, climate change, and over-harvesting for the pet and food trades. Unless these problems are remedied, amphibian species will continue to disappear, resulting in irreversible consequences to the planet’s ecosystems and to humans.
Our mission
SAVE THE FROGS! is America's first and only public charity dedicated exclusively to amphibian conservation. Our mission is to protect amphibian populations and to promote a society that respects and appreciates nature and wildlife.
Our programs
Founded in May 2008, we have several active educational programs, including (1) teaching a free laboratory course on chytrid detection techniques to Latin American batrachologists; (2) coordinating the annual Save The Frogs Day events; (3) providing free educational materials and laboratory protocols to teachers and scientists via www.savethefrogs.com and its Portuguese counterpart www.salvemossapos.com; (4) giving presentations on amphibian extinctions in multiple languages to schools, universities, zoos, museums, businesses, and community groups; (5) creating public service announcements that have been posted in Washington, D.C., San Francisco and in five major U.S. airports; (6) providing an annual $500 travel grant for a student to present their research results at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
SAVE THE FROGS! also has active advocacy campaigns, such as working with restaurants to discontinue frog leg sales, campaigning for the removal of invasive trout from critical Yellow-Legged Frog habitat, and ensuring that the threatened California Tiger Salamanders receive adequate legal protections. We accomplished all of the above on less than $60,000.
View a list of our 2009 accomplishements here.
As funds permit, we will purchase land in America and abroad; lobby for mandatory disease testing on imported amphibians and for laws limiting the use of harmful pesticides; provide full Ph.D. scholarships; and take on an array of other urgently needed conservation actions.
Our vision
Our vision is a world in which not a single amphibian species is threatened with extinction. With your involvement and your financial support, we are 100% positive we can SAVE THE FROGS!
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