Time to leap into the Year of the Frog!

Looey Munn Roundup, MT — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 07:18:52 GMT

I am gld to see someone is rescuing frogs. I am concerned at all the species being bulldozed too for Carbon Credits..terrible price to pay to make a few rich people richer.

But this is good news. Congratulations!

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gafasel,t.c.,MI — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:07:49 GMT

The frogs are here to stay! The ? is, are we the people? Ask yourself, if this critical, ultimetly important issue, is as important to you & half of what your life, is ever going to be about, is important, as the frogs acually are?

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Ron Gagliardo — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:55:23 GMT

Friendly clarification:
It is fantastic to see the recognition of Amphibian Ark's 2008 Year of the Frog and Leap Day Amphibian Activities. For the sake of accuracy, I would like to point out that the 2005 Panama amphibian rescue project was fully sanctioned by the Panamanian government and that while frogs were transported to the US in suitcases, the reality was that these were specially insulated cases that with ALL government and airline permissions, were graciously allowed to be discretely carried in the cabin of the plane. The reason they were brought at Atlanta in the first place was because at the critical time of disease outbreak in Panama, there was no facility in country to house and manage them. Many of these species acclimated well in Atlanta and while we began to breed them here, the Houston Zoo intiated and built a laboratory in country where the very last of some species are now being bred. It is likely that any frogs being returned to the wild in Panama, if the circumstances allow, will be from this in country facility. We will continue to share our knowledge of keeping and breeding these species here in Atlanta with our Panamanian colleagues on an ongoing basis, a nice example of international collaboration to save amphibians!

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JANICE MATHEWS, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:56:50 GMT

I LOVE FROGS! When I was just about to graduate from high school in 1967, there was a Large Bull Frog on my back porch, which I named Gil. I fed him all the freshly dead flies I could give him & he Loved them!Florida has lots of flies!! One day new baby frogs were on the porch & Gil was there, & ate those too, which upset me greatly..it surprised me that he would do this, But, I guess if you are hungry, it's the survival of the fitess, & he probably didn't know the difference of what he was eating....do you suppose?jgm

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NJ, Guadalupe, CA — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:29:00 GMT

Thank goodness, someone is paying attention. Our local effort to preserve habitat for the Pacific tree frog and endangered red-legged frog lasted for a few years, but succumbed to a resurvey (during a drought and before the seasonal rains came) and, now, suburb development.

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William Tucker Galesburg Illinois — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:38:07 GMT

To some it may seem a waste of money, but this is just one step closer to our extinction. The more they can learn the better. Way to go people!

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Kelly, Tukwila, Wa — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:43:05 GMT

Thank you for this story. I've always thought frogs were neat. What's the story on the "mysterious"frog?

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Megan, Albany, NY — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:26:32 GMT

adorable! Frogs are wonderful, can't wait to see some exhibits.

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kk — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:00:08 GMT

My wife the ORIGINAL frog collector would be pleased she died last year and been collectin 40 years

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mimi taylor Cambridge, Ma. — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:51:01 GMT

how can I get frogs to live in my small garden?

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Bob — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:18:54 GMT

Thought you would enjoy this

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Deborah, St. Marys, KS — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:10:16 GMT

This was a beautiful and timely article about our early warning system: Our frogs.

Thank you!

Peace

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amr — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:39:46 GMT

herbicides, pesticides, roadsalt and mosquito spraying has practically wiped out the frog population in the entire state of Minnesota.... disgusting. Especially for a state that prides itself on great fresh water fish like the muskies and northern.....

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Suzanne Shact, Woburn, MA — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:57:52 GMT

Its about time humans stopped worrying about nonsense and concentrated more on the environment! For over the past two centuries, humans have taken over nature, imposing their will where we have no right! Amphibians are dying in Central America, bee colonies are dying in the United States, and in the Arctic, polar bears are DROWNING! Isn't this enough of a wake up call?!

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Ron...Costa mesa CA.. — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:05:51 GMT

I used to have frogs in my yard. Where have they all gone...Frogs (big ones) taste like chicken when fried. Lets farm more frogs...Makes good chicken feed. Save the frogs is the battle call....rh

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Rick, Myakka City, Fl — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:06:05 GMT

A froggy went a courtin' and he did say...

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Nicole — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:12:15 GMT

At first, I thought this was an Chinese Calendar story, but I found this article very interesting. Too bad they didn't publish where we could send donations and/or volunteer work. In school, science was my favorite subject. I've tried to remind my family there are severe consequences and every action has a reaction. Lack of landfill sites and recycling= ocean dumps, concrete tubes of nuclear/toxic waste, bottled water and on faucet filters, really!!! We need to keep trying to learn about and teach everyone what (everything) and who (all of us)impact with our most seemingly insignificant actions taken as granted really effects. While we anxiously await the latest technology, we overlook the simpler choices. Prevention leads Conservation.

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Mo, St. Louis, MO — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:16:12 GMT

GOD SAVE THE FROGS!

Time to leap into the Year of the Frog!

peter d mt prospect, illinois — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:23:51 GMT

thank god for these wonderful resourceful, caring scientists..i am green with envy that i wasnt with them saving these beautiful necessary creatures...i just want to say thanks to all those involved with this and similar actions aimed at saving our beautiful world....sincerely peter dearcangelis p.s. its a shame that ALL the wealthy people in the world dont get together and use their money to do some REAL GOOD, like foe example..."purchase all precious real estate like rain forests and $pay its indigenous people to guard, protect and caretake for it" hooray for my dream and by the way that would create mountains of jobs.....

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Thomas Lee Boles, Saint Paul, Minnesota — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:48:25 GMT

What about the deformed frogs in our country? They have faded off the radar screen--but I never heard of any solution to the problem.