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Our society as a whole is unaware that amphibians are disappearing. Members of the media have the ability to rapidly communicate the plight of amphibians to virtually every sector of society. By writing an article or producing a TV segment on amphibian declines you will be contributing greatly to amphibian conservation.
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SAVE THE FROGS! on the Radio
The SAVE THE FROGS! Audio page has free downloadable radio interviews of SAVE THE FROGS! Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger talking about amphibian extinctions and other issues. Here are the interviews you will find on the Audio page:
Frog Art Contest Winner Jonah Weissman on WVTF
Sandi Hausman of Charlottesville, VA Public Radio interviews Jonah Weissman, winner of the Under 10 years old category of the 1st Annual Frog Art Contest. Jonah's artwork is also available as an 18x24" print, with all proceeds going to SAVE THE FROGS! amphibian conservation efforts. Get the poster here!
Mark Moses of Charlottesville, VA WCHV 1260am
SAVE THE FROGS! Founder & Executive Director Dr. Kerry Kriger spoke about frogs with Mark Moses about frog extinctions and the Frog Art Contest.
Lillian Brummet of Conscious Discussions Radio
SAVE THE FROGS! Founder & Executive Director Dr. Kerry Kriger spoke about frogs with Lillian Brummet of British Columbia's Conscious Discussions Radio.
Boyd Matson of National Geographic Weekend
Have a listen to Boyd Matson's May 15th 2009 radio interview with SAVE THE FROGS! Founder & Executive Director Dr. Kerry Kriger. This aired May 24th on XM Public Radio 133. Thanks to Ben Shaw for recording and mixing.
Libby Herman of CHUM Radio 1410 AM Vancouver, BC
Have a listen to Libby Herman's Save The Frogs Day radio interview with SAVE THE FROGS! Founder & Executive Director Dr. Kerry Kriger.
Brad Savage of WCNR 106.1 Charlottesville, VA
Have a listen to Brad Savage's Save The Frogs Day radio interview with SAVE THE FROGS! Founder & Executive Director Dr. Kerry Kriger.
SAVE THE FROGS! on Television
NTN News
Save The Frogs Day made news right alongside the Gulf oil spill. Forward to 1:10.
British Columbia's CTV
Maria Weisgarber ran a story on the release of threatened Oregon Spotted Frogs into the wild. Watch the video, which features SAVE THE FROGS! Founder & Executive Director Dr. Kerry Kriger, who was in Vancouver to give a lecture at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
Vancouver's Georgia Straight
Carlito Pablo of The Georgia Straight interviews SAVE THE FROGS! Founder & Executive Director Dr. Kerry Kriger for their first ever piece on frogs. Read the article here, and watch the video below.
Wayne Freedman of San Francisco's ABC7 News
Wayne interviewed SAVE THE FROGS! Founder & Executive Director Dr. Kerry Kriger about Southern Gastric Brooding Frogs and frog extinctions during the San Francisco leg of Dr. Kriger's nationwide lecture tour. Read the article and watch the video here.
Gary Chittim of Seattle's King 5 News
Gary Chittim of Seattle's King 5 News interviewed SAVE THE FROGS! Founder & Executive Director Dr. Kerry Kriger about invasive bullfrogs, chytrid fungus and other frog issues during the Seattle leg of Dr. Kriger's nationwide lecture tour. Read the article and watch the video here.
Save The Frogs Day - Vancouver's CBCtv
Watch SAVE THE FROGS! Advisory Committee Member David Wong discuss frog declines in Vancouver. David's work was instrumental in getting the 1st Annual Save The Frogs Day legally recognized in Vancouver.
SAVE THE FROGS! in Print
SAVE THE FROGS! in Canada's BC Interior News
April Simpson wrote this article that highlights our work to reduce the sales of frog legs, and to get the harmful pesticide Atrazine banned.
Frog Art in Texas Paper
The SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest made the Texas' Conroe Courier. Thanks to Baltimore Washington International airport for offering the free space for the Public Service Announcements!
SAVE THE FROGS! on John Tesh's website
John Tesh helped get the word out about our campaign to end the ecologically damaging frog legs trade. Here's the article:
The Popular Dish, Frog Legs, Is Pushing Frogs to The Brink of Extinction
ABC NEWS covers our Frog Legs Protests
Conor Finnegan of ABC News interviewed SAVE THE FROGS! Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger about the increase in American's consumption of frog legs. Read the article here, and a transcript of the interview here.
MetroActive Covered Our Recent Victory in California
Juliane Poirier writes about SAVE THE FROGS' successful campaign to maintain the ban on the importation of non-native frogs and turtles into California for use as food. In her article "When frogs start showing off, are they actually organizing?", she states that "short of having an amphibian testify, the West Coast frogs had world-class advocacy".
Making News in New Zealand
New Zealand's National Business Review wrote this article after 1,275 SAVE THE FROGS! supporters sent letters to the New Zealand government urging them to stop mining that could drive the endangered Archey's Frog to extinction.
Chicago Tribune Covers Frog Legs Victory
Bill Daley of the Chicago Tribune wrote this story about Restaurant Gary Danko removing frog legs from their menu.
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 paper. The article highlights our work -- and the problems with the frog legs trade, of which France is the largest participant.
Save The Frogs Day in Canada
The Western Canada Wilderness Committee wrote up this Save The Frogs Day event that took place in an enchanted and endangered coastal forest of Vancouver Island.
SAVE THE FROGS! in Ranger Rick
There's a high chance that if you're American, you grew up reading Ranger Rick; I know I did. Thanks to the National Wildlife Federation for getting Save The Frogs Day into the April 2010 edition of Ranger Rick. Do not underestimate Ranger Rick's ability to help SAVE THE FROGS!
Click the image below to download the PDF of the entire page.
Mongabay - The 2nd Annual Save The Frogs Day
Jeremy Hance interviewed Save The Frogs Founder Dr. Kerry Kriger about the 2010 Save The Frogs Day events: "A day to celebrate (and save) the world's amphibians: the 2nd Annual Save the Frogs Day".
You can also read "The Story of Save The Frogs Day", which Jeremy wrote for the 2009 Save The Frogs Day events.
The Hindu
Save The Frogs Day made headlines in Bangalore, India. This article features SAVE THE FROGS! Advisory Committee Member Dr. KV Gururaja.
Vanity Fair - The Greatest Story Ever Toad
Read James Wolcott's article on Save The Frogs Day that appeared in Vanity Fair April 22nd, 2010.
Tonic - Get Hopping To Save The Frogs
John Platt interviewed Dr. Kerry Kriger for this Save The Frogs Day piece that appeared in Tonic.
Mid-County Post
The article How Many Frogs Does It Take To Make Your Dinner by Judith Wellner appeared in Capitola, CA's Mid-County Post.
The South County Chronicle
Read this excellent article by South County Chronicle's Susan Jewell. The article highlights the devastating effects of the frog legs trade.
The Examiner
Thanks to Beth Pratt for writing this article highlighting Save The Frogs' efforts to prevent climate change and save Yellowstone's frogs declining amphibian populations.
The Chronicle
Pam Chergotis writes about the plight of the Northern Cricket Frog in this article for which Kerry Kriger was interviewed.
Treehugger.com
Sara Novak covered our Mountain Yellow-legged Frog campaign with an article enitled "Trout fishing causes the demise of...frogs".
Discovery Channel's Planet Green
Brian Merchant from the Discovery Channel wrote an article entitled "7 Ways YOU Can Save the Frogs", which was based on tips from our How To Help page.
Expat Living
Deborah Goldman's article on the 1st Annual Frog Art Contest made news in Singapore. Read the article here.
Scientific American
John Platt's article "New tools in the fight against frog-killing fungus available online" appeared not only in Scientific American, but was lso picked up by Science Daily, Research & Development, and Science Centric.
Hawaii's Midweek.com
Linda Dela Cruz wrote an article "Kapoleoi Artists Hop Their Way To Finals" on the 1st Annual Frog Art Contest, which had four Hawaiian residents reach the finals.
Washington Post
SAVE THE FROGS! appeared in Valerie Strauss' column "The Answer Sheet: A school survival guide for parents, and everyone else". Valerie listed frog extinctions as one of the "six things she learned about this week".
The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail is Canada's largest newspaper. Wendy Sueck's article highlights the work being done to save the Oregon Spotted Frogs from extinction in British Columbia.
EcoHearth
Rick recently asked SAVE THE FROGS! Founder & Executive Director Dr. Kerry Kriger to write an article on the the importance of frogs. Here is Dr. Kriger's piece that appeared in EcoHearth: 'The Disappearance of Frogs: Why We Should Be Very Worried'.
The Sammamish Review
Chris Huber's article "Frogs Versus Toads" highlights the disappearance of Western toads in Washington State, and the invasion of non-native bullfrogs.
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Natasha Collins' article "Man on mission to save the frogs" appeared on the front page of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle in Montana.
Parksville Qualicum Beach News
Fred Davies interviewed SAVE THE FROGS! Founder & Executive Director Dr. Kerry Kriger for his article Bad for frogs, not good for humans, which appeared on the front page of the July 7th, 2009 Parksville Qualicum Beach News on Vancouver Island.
The Oregonian
Abby Haight interviewed SAVE THE FROGS! Founder & Executive Director Dr. Kerry Kriger for her article Oregon's native amphibians on the edge, which appeared on the front page of June 11th, 2009's issue of Oregon's largest newspaper, The Oregonian.
Grist.org
Ashley Braun has written an article on Save The Frogs Day and has also interviewed SAVE THE FROGS! Founder & Executive Director Dr. Kerry Kriger. Read the Save The Frogs Day article here, and the interview here.
National Geographic
National Geographic News Editor David Braun interviewed SAVE THE FROGS! Founder & Executive Director Dr. Kerry Kriger about Save The Frogs Day and amphibian conservation. View the article here.
Mongabay.com
Jeremy Hance wrote an excellent article entitled "The Story of Save The Frogs Day.
E-Magazine
Jennifer Santisi interview with SAVE THE FROGS! Executive Director Dr. Kerry Kriger can be viewed on the E-Magazine website.
Kevin Ruprich
Kevin's interview with SAVE THE FROGS! Executive Director Dr. Kerry Kriger can be viewed on the FrogBlog.
Sri Lanka Sunday Times
A mention of Save The Frogs Day made it into the July 5th, 2009 Sri Lanka Sunday Times!
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