Few people knew frogs were disappearing and there was no movement to avert an impending environmental disaster,” he told. Kriger, a research biologist who has studied the amphibian plague chytridiomycosis, started SAVE THE FROGS! because “there was little to suggest that our society was on the path to saving threatened frogs or other amphibian species. In addition free lectures are occurring in Lisbon, Johannesburg, Torino, Indianapolis, and Brisbane to name a few places. In China, a researcher will speak on behalf of frogs to 3,000 students via television. In Madagascar a mining employee has scheduled a discussion with the mine’s top executives about frogs. In Nepal a scientist plans to use his radio show to spread the message about imperiled frogs. Kerry Kriger with the Red-eyed tree frog Litoria chloris from Eastern Autralia. ![]() “To the best of my knowledge that makes him the highest ranking politician in the world to formally acknowledge the amphibian extinction crisis,” Kriger comments, who will be speaking in Charlottesville, Virginia on April 28th. Just this week in Virginia, Governor Tim Kaine has officially recognized the date for his state. I thought of Save The Frogs Day one night last December when I was the only full-time SAVE THE FROGS! employee and I only had a couple part-time volunteers,” Kriger explains. “I’m continually amazed at the positive response it’s gotten. ![]() Kerry Kriger is responsible for the first annual Save The Frogs Day on Tuesday, April 28th with events planned worldwide from the United States to Nepal, and Australia to China. Founder and director of SAVE THE FROGS!, Dr.
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