SAVE THE FROGS! wants to
Ban the importation of American Bullfrogs in California
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Your signature will help convey the importance of this matter to California's politicians, who to date have been slow to adopt measures to protect California's native amphibian populations, many of which are endangered.
SAVE THE FROGS! requires funding to hire a full-time staff member to coordinate our bullfrog campaign. This staffer will meet with politicians; create educational materials about the bullfrog problem; get other nonprofits assisting; and spread the word to students and teachers to get widespread support for the bullfrog ban. Please donate today and help out!
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Our mission is to protect amphibian populations and the habitats in which they live, and to create…Read More
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WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH BULLFROGS IN CALIFORNIA?
American Bullfrogs are the largest frog in North America and naturally occur on the east coast of the United States. Bullfrogs are "gape-limited predators", meaning they eat any living animal that fits in their…Read More
Native frogs are dying at an alarming rate due to a fungus called Chytrid that is decimating populations all over the U.S. If we do this too, we will only cause there already precarious numbers to fall even lower. Many species of frogs have already become extinct! We certainly don't want to…Read More
Ban the importation oof American Bullfrogs to California! Save our frogs!
As a child growing up in California, I was fascinated with the red salamanders in a creek on a field trip with my fellow students. That memory has stayed with me half a century. I would hate for other children to not have a chance to experience this. I would be interested in knowing if the red…Read More
This article is a reaction to a previous request from Save The Frogs to Santa Cruz County. It was successful and Santa Cruz County became…Read More
Should California Ban American Bullfrogs? | Extinction Countdown, Scientific American Blog Network
By John R. Platt | December 13, 2011 | 7 Santa Cruz County in California could soon become the first county in the U.S. to ban the import, sale and possession of American bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana). Last week, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors Chairman Mark W. Stone sent a letter to the board urging it to enact a ban in 2012. Stone’s…Read More