SAVE THE FROGS! Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger was interviewed by the Endangered Species Coalition on July 28th. Listen to the interview here.

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Amphibians are the most threatened group of animals on Earth. 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. Please support our worldwide amphibian conservation efforts:
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Victory for New Zealand's Endangered Frogs!

Thanks to the 1,275 SAVE THE FROGS! supporters letters that sent in letters to New Zealand's Minister of Economic Development urging him to protect New Zealand's critically endangered frogs! New Zealand decided on 22-July to protect the frogs!

Two of the world's most unique and endangered frogs were under imminent threat of extinction, as the New Zealand government had plans to remove legal protections from the strongholds of the frogs' last remaining populations. If the government's plans had gone through, the land would have been opened to mining, and the critically endangered Archey's Frog (Leiopelma archeyi) would have almost certainly gone extinct. Watch this video of Dr. Phil Bishop's SAVE THE FROGS! Webinar entitled "Saving New Zealand's Threatened Frogs."

Learn more about our campaign in this article that appeared in New Zealand's National Business Review, and watch a video of Dr. Bishop looking for frogs in the field here.

The critically endangered Archey's Frog above, and threatened Hochstetter's Frog below.

Frog legs protests a success: pictures and stories

What do you do when a company that is destroying the environment won't respond to the 800+ letters you've sent them? Take to the streets! Read all about our 2nd round of protests at Uncle Julio's environmentally-destructive Rio Grande restaurants in Arlington, VA and Bethesda, MD over 4th of July weekend.

SAVE THE FROGS! makes ABC News

Conor Finnegan of ABC News interviewed SAVE THE FROGS! Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger about the increase in Americans' consumption of frog legs. Read the article here, and a transcript of the interview here.

Your company can help SAVE THE FROGS!

Find out how on our newly updated Businesses For Frogs page!

SAVE THE FROGS! Santa Cruz Bumper Stickers

People in Santa Cruz love bumper stickers, love Santa Cruz, and love SAVE THE FROGS!, so we decided to put all three together.
The result: these fantastic 3" x 5" bumper stickers! They make great gifts and help get the word out, so order a stack!

The SAVE THE FROGS! Audio Page Has Arrived

Like free mp3s? Well you're in the right place, because the SAVE THE FROGS! Audio page has arrived, featuring radio interviews, presentations, frog calls, public service announcements, and a whole lot more. Download them, post them on your site, email them to your friends. Enjoy.

And The Winner is...Ms. Taegan McMahon

Congratulations to Ms. Taegan McMahon, winner of the 2010 SAVE THE FROGS! Conference Travel Grant. Taegan, a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of South Florida, will receive $500 to present the results of her research at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and H erpetologists in Providence, Rhode Island. Her research shows that chlorothalonil, a common garden fungicide used on peanuts, potatoes and tomatoes is deadly to amphibians at one-thousandth its expected environmental concentration. Learn more about Taegan's research here. Learn more about SAVE THE FROGS! Awards, and please help fund these awards by becoming a SAVE THE FROGS! Member.

Victory for California's Native Amphibians!

Earlier this year, the California Department of Fish & Game voted to ban the importation of non-native frogs and turtles for food. Unfortunately, a vocal minority of restaurant and supermarket owners successfully lobbied the Fish & Game Commission to reconsider that ruling.

SAVE THE FROGS! Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger testified at the Commission's May 19th, 2010 "reconsideration" hearing, highlighting the spread of infectious disease and invasive species that inevitably accompany the frog legs trade. Not only did the Commission vote 3-2 to maintain the ban, they also voted to research methods of enforcing the ban and ensuring invasive species do not slip into the state via potential loopholes.

Thanks to the 1,196 SAVE THE FROGS! supporters letters that sent in letters to the Department of Fish & Game over the past 4 days!

Stay tuned for an audio recording of Dr. Kriger's testimony.
Learn more and read Dr. Kriger's letter to the Department of Fish & Game here.

June 3rd: SAVE THE FROGS! Webinar Series

“How long do frogs live? How many types of frogs are there? What’s the difference between a frog and a toad? Why are frogs disappearing worldwide and what can be done to save them?” SAVE THE FROGS! Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger will answer all these questions and more as he introduces people around the world to The Wild World of Frogs in this edition of the SAVE THE FROGS! Webinar Series. The slideshow presentation features many of Dr. Kriger's photos of amphibians from around the world, and there will be a question and answer session following the presentation. The presentation is suitable for frog lovers of any age.

This Webinar is FREE, but space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat here.

Thursday, June 3, 2010
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM US Pacific Standard Time
Find out what time that is in your part of the world.

SAVE THE FROGS! Webinar Series: May 19th

Dr. Phil Bishop of New Zealand's University of Otago will present a very special one-hour webinar entitled "Saving New Zealand's Threatened Frogs". This webinar is FREE and open to anybody. Dr. Bishop will introduce the audience to the amazing life histories of New Zealand's four frog species, and detail the threats they currently face. The slideshow presentation features many of Dr. Bishop's photos of New Zealand's unique amphibian fauna and there will be a question and answer session following the presentation.

A video of this excellent Webinar will be posted on this site very soon!

Thank You!

The 2nd Annual Save The Frogs Day (April 30th, 2010) was the largest day of amphibian education and conservation action in the planet's history. Save The Frogs Day events took place in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, India, Italy, Ireland, Madagascar, Nepal, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the USA. Thanks to all who took part!

The 3rd Annual Save The Frogs Day will be Friday April 29th 2011. Let's make it exponentially larger!

We Saved Florida's Pig Frogs!

In late March we informed San Francisco's Restaurant Gary Danko about the current amphibian crisis, and asked them to remove the wild-caught Florida Pig Frogs (Rana grylio) from their menus. Last week the restaurant agreed to remove the frog legs from their menu and not to re-order them, and we have confirmed they are no longer selling frog legs. Restaurant Gary Danko is the first restaurant in the world to remove frog legs from its menus for environmental reasons. As the restaurant is extremely well-known and well-respected in the culinary community, we expect many restaurants to follow in their footsteps. As such, this a major victory for SAVE THE FROGS! and for worldwide amphibian conservation efforts. This victory however is only the beginning, and this campaign will not be complete until the ecologically damaging frog legs trade is relegated to the annals of history.

Pig Frog Rana grylio - Alesandro Catenazzi
Pig Frog photo courtesy of Alessandro Catenazzi.

Save The Frogs Day on cover of France's Le Monde

Catherine Vincent wrote this Save The Frogs Day article that appeared on the cover page of France's largest newspaper. The article highlights our work -- and the problems with the frog legs trade, of which France is the largest participant.

Frog Legs France

Sign The Petition To Get Atrazine Banned!

Please sign our petition to get the harmful pesticide Atrazine banned! Atrazine is one of the world's most common pesticides: over 80 million pounds of it were used on American crops last year, and it has been in use for 50 years. This harmful pesticide turns male frogs into females at concentrations as low as 2.5 parts per billion. Atrazine causes cancer in laboratory mammals and developmental problems in fish. Atrazine is one of the most commonly detected pesticides in rainwater, groundwater and tapwater in the USA. Atrazine spray gets lifted into the clouds, travels hundreds of miles and then falls down from the sky in rainwater: half a million pounds of it each year.

Frogs and humans share half our DNA, so Atrazine can't be good for humans either. That's likely why the European Union banned the harmful pesticide in 2004. But the company that produces it, Syngenta (based in Switzerland!) has $11 billion in revenues, and has a huge lobby to keep Atrazine on the market in the USA. Our goal is to get Atrazine banned by the 3rd Annual Save The Frogs Day (April 29th, 2011)! Please sign the petition right now! We'll be sending it to Lisa Jackson, Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency. But that's not all we're going to do...

International Day of Pesticide Action - October 24, 2010

Please join us in Washington, D.C. on Sunday October 24th 2010 on the International Day of Pesticide Action, an event we conceived and will coordinate with nonprofit partners around the world. We are sure that with your participation, we can rally 100,000 people to march through the streets of DC from the steps of the Capitol to the Environmental Protection Agency demanding a federal ban on Atrazine, the 21st Century's DDT. More info on the International Day of Pesticide Action is to come! We'll see you in Washington, D.C. on October 24th!

Your Official Guide to Save The Frogs Day 2010!

Please download Your Official Guide to Save The Frogs Day 2010, and forward it on to all your friends! This guide was published as our April 2010 Members Newsletter. If you enjoy reading it, please support our worldwide amphibian conservation efforts by becoming an Official Member of SAVE THE FROGS! -- all members get a free 12-month subscription to the newsletter! Thanks to SAVE THE FROGS! Volunteer Barbara Flaherty for her invaluable graphic design assistance!

Save The Frogs on Martha Stewart's Sirius/XM Radio

SAVE THE FROGS! Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger will be on Martha Stewart Living Radio (Sirius 112/XM 157) this Save The Frogs Day (Friday April 30th) at 4:30pm US Eastern Time (1:30 PST). Maggie Mistal, host of “Making a Living with Maggie" will interview Dr. Kriger about ways to focus one's career on a cause or passion. Maggie is a career coach whom CNN has called one of the nation's best known career coaches.

Official Declaration of Save The Frogs Day

We would like to thank Mayor Mike Rotkin of Santa Cruz, California for legally recognizing the 2nd Annual Save The Frogs Day (April 30th, 2010). Mayor Rotkin joined SAVE THE FROGS! Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger on the morning of Save The Frogs Day as Dr. Kriger introduced a local elementary school’s students to the Wild World of Frogs. The Mayor helped Dr. Kriger and the kids recreate the night-time sounds of the Australian rainforest. You can click on the image below to get an 8.5x11" PDF of the proclamation. Feel free to post one in your school or office!

Top Ten Most Threatened Frogs in the USA

To raise awareness of the threats amphibians face, we have compiled a list of the top ten most threatened frogs in the USA, complete with details facts on the frogs' natural history and the threats each species faces. This article was a collaborative project of SAVE THE FROGS!, our Save The Frogs Day Partner the National Wildlife Federation, and a network of amphibian biologists across the United States, including Steven Whitfield, Nina D’Amore, Frank Santana, Amy Yahnke, Marc Hayes, Brian Hobbs, Sarah Kupferberg, Ryan Peek, Greg Ruthig, Kellie Whittaker, Vance Vredenburg, Aaron Ambos and SAVE THE FROGS! Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger. Enjoy the read, and please forward the link to your friends and colleagues!

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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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