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The Amphibian Ark |
The end of
the Year of the Frog…the
beginning of the Decade of the
Amphibian?
Kevin Zippel, Kevin Johnson, Lesley
Dickie, Elizabeth Townsend
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Amphibian Ark
declared 2008 as the Year of the
Frog to help raise awareness
and thereby facilitate fundraising
for amphibian conservation programs.
Given that it was the first global
campaign of the ex situ
community, its successes are
impressive, if we do say so
ourselves!
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Year of the
Frog Coming to an End; Efforts to
Save Them Can’t: The Research and
Practice of Halting the Global
Decline in Amphibians
Jennifer Pramuk, Bronx Zoo
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The keynote
speaker at the recent ZSL Amphibian
Symposium was Sir David Attenborough
who eloquently stressed the
biological and cultural importance
of frogs, salamanders, and
caecilians and presented clips from
his recent amphibian-themed episodes
of his wildly popular BBC program
“Life in Cold Blood”.
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Amphibian
conservation educator skills
training, Central Zoo/National Trust
for Nature Conservation, Kathmandu,
Nepal
Rengasamy Marimuthu, Zoo Outreach
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Zoo Outreach
Organisation (ZOO) educators visited
Nepal on another mission but took
time to conduct Amphibian
Conservation Educator Skills
Training at Central Zoo, Lalitpur on
9-10 September 2008. This training
was coordinated by Central Zoo and
the National Trust for Nature
Conservation and sponsored by Sea
World Busch Gardens Conservation
Fund.
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ARAZPA frog
conservation husbandry course
Peter Harlow, Taronga Zoo
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In late August a three-day course
on frog husbandry specifically aimed
at zoo staff wishing to become
involved in ex situ frog
conservation programs was run at
Taronga Zoo in Sydney.
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Seventh
Session of Amphibian Biology,
Conservation, and Management course
held at Toledo Zoo
R.
Andrew Odum, Toledo Zoo and Kevin
Zippel, Amphibian Ark |
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In November the Toledo Zoo hosted
the seventh offering of AZA’s Board
of Regents Amphibian Biology,
Conservation, and Management
course. This is the 2nd amphibian
course conducted this year and is
the first time the course was held
since the opening in May of the
zoo’s new amphibian facility,
Amazing Amphibians.
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Amphibian
Conservation Training Course at
Nordens Ark 2009
Claes Andrén, Nordens Ark
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A research
school at Nordens Ark in Sweden is
planned for 22-29 March, 2009 aimed
at advanced training in topics of
amphibian biology and conservation,
breeding and rearing in captivity,
and linking husbandry to practical
conservation in the field.
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ALPZA
amphibian activities report
Ernesto Arbeláez Ortiz, Zoológico
Amaru |
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The following report provides an
update on the some of the activities
of the Asociación Latinoamericana de
Parques Zoológicos y Acuario.
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Regional
update from the Mesoamerican and
Caribbean Zoos and Aquariums
Association
Yolanda Matamoros, President,
AMACZOOA |
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Since July the Mesoamerican and
Caribbean Zoos and Aquariums
Association has been involved in a
number of amphibian-related
activities.
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Activities
within ARAZPA institutions
Compiled by Kevin Johnson, ARAZPA
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A number of
ARAZPA institutions have reported on
their involvment in various
amphibian conservation projects over
the last few months.
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An update
from the Association of Zoos &
Aquariums
Shelly Grow, AZA |
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AZA and its accredited zoos and
aquariums continue their involvement
in many amphibian projects. Four
projects that AZA have been involved
in are included in this recent
report.
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CAZA Year of
the Frog Steering Committee Report
September 2008
Bruce Dougan, Steering Committee
Chair; Jill Marvin, Conservation and
Science Committee Chair; Joanne
Lalumiere, Communication and
Awareness Committee Chair and Denise
Prefontaine, Education Committee
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The CAZA Board reports that as
they bring to a close the ‘Year of
the Frog” they can now reflect on
their accomplishments and the degree
to which the goals that were set for
the program were achieved.
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Chester Zoo
team runs HellRunner!
Claudine Gibson, Chester Zoo
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On Sunday 2nd
November, a team from Chester Zoo
ran in ‘HellRunner’ – a tough
multi-terrain event in Delamere
Forest – to raise funds for the Year
of the Frog campaign.
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South Asian
Amphibian Ark activities conducted
by Zoo Outreach Organisation,South
Asian Zoo Association, Amphibian
Network of South Asia and the South
Asian Network of IZE
Rengasamy Marimuthu, Zoo Outreach
Organisation |
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It has been another
very busy period for the South Asian
zoo and education organisations,
with more amphibian and Year of the
Frog materials produced and
distributed throughout South Asia.
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Jumping In to
Make a Difference!
Written by Mrs. Gordon’s and Mrs.
Carlson’s Second Grade Classes,
Tremont School, Columbus, Ohio
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Second-grade
students from Tremont Elementary
School in Arlington Ohio have
donated over $1,030 which they
raised by holding a frog book
read-a-thon and a raffle. This
amazing community donation
represents a significant effort
towards helping to save amphibians.
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Help A
Frog - 30-50% of amphibians
could go extinct in your lifetime
The
Amphibian Project |
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Help A Frog
- 30-50% of amphibians could go
extinct in your lifetime!
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Postdoctoral
Fellowship in Amphibian Pathology
and Molecular Diagnostics
Allan P. Pessier, DVM, Dipl. ACVP,
Zoological Society of San Diego
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The Wildlife Disease Laboratories
at the Zoological Society of San
Diego are seeking a Postdoctoral
Fellow in Amphibian Pathology and
Molecular diagnostics in support of
a project that will develop and
refine tools necessary to control
population-limiting infectious
diseases.
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