When Save The Frogs Art Director Leah Klehn saw how barren are the walls of our brand new headquarters (see below!), she offered to paint us one of her beautiful frog images to lively up the space. I said that would be fantastic, but let’s take it a step further:

Everybody who donates $25 or higher between now and Save The Frogs Day gets their name on Leah’s frog painting, which will hang in the front office of the current Save The Frogs World Headquarters for as long as we are there. That’s our way of thanking you for helping to make Save The Frogs the world’s leading amphibian conservation organization. And as always, everybody who donates $25 or higher automatically becomes a member of SAVE THE FROGS!

Here is the first piece of art Leah ever drew for SAVE THE FROGS!

One from her endangered species collection:

The SAVE THE FROGS! 1st Annual Frog Art Contest received 394 entries from no less than 10 countries:
USA, Canada, India, Brazil, United Kingdom, South Africa, Switzerland, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Australia.

We need you to help us decide a winner!

We’ve chosen the best of the best and placed them on this webpage, and now it’s time for you to be the judge! Look through the amazing frog art, and then cast your vote!

Orchid Jade Living has announced that they will donate 10% of the proceeds from their environmentally-friendly Frog-Go® stuffed animal toy to SAVE THE FROGS!.

The Frog-Go animal is made with organic cotton and natural dyes, and shipped in recycled materials. Environmentally-friendly, kid-safe, and a portion of the proceeds to SAVE THE FROGS!

Order one today!

By Rijan Tamrikar
5th June, 2009

We were in Mustang, in the north of Nepal, conducting a survey on Cheer Pheasants. After completing our call count in Kunjo, two of us moved to Ghumaune of Lete. There we stayed in the only lodge of the area, which was run by the local Thakali couple. Our host was the oldest herder of the Pipar region, a popular pheasant area. At the end of the day, while having dinner, my eye stuck on some fish-like dried animals hung above the traditional stove. I asked what they were. He simply replied “paha” (frogs). Then, I asked how many types of frogs are harvested for eating. He answered two, one is yellow in color and other is green.

“Is there any special reason for eating frogs” I asked. He plainly responded that it is good medicine for diarrhea. I inquired whether it was the common scenario in the village. He told me it was normal to have “paha”. This was not the first time I had heard about harvesting frogs in the mountainous region of Nepal. In April, 2008, we heard about people eating “paha”, the hunting of which tends to be a group recreation activity.

We are raising funds for an education program to teach the villagers about the importance of saving these fascinating frogs. Please donate today to save the “paha” and other frogs from extinction!

Hi,
My name is Kerry Kriger. I’m the Executive Director and Founder of SAVE THE FROGS!, a nonprofit organization dedicated to amphibian conservation.

I’ll be using this page to:
(1) Let you know what we’re up to here at SAVE THE FROGS!
(2) Let you know what’s going on in the world of amphibian conservation and environmental affairs.
(3) Keep you up to date on any major changes I make to the savethefrogs.com website, or any interesting new additions.
(4) Anything else that comes to mind related to the environment.

Please tell your friends about savethefrogs.com! Together we can SAVE THE FROGS!

Kerry

Photo is me with my favorite type of frog, the Southern Orange-eyed Treefrog (Litoria chloris), from Lamington National Park in Queensland, Australia.