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Frogs: Twelve New Species Found in India
Animals  (tags: rescued, conservation, GoodNews, extinction, India, frogs, amphibians, rediscovered )

Javier
- 609 days ago - animalastnews.blogspot.com
Between 1994 and 2010, Biologists at the University of Delhi scoured forests along Indian's western coast for nocturnal, stream-dwelling frogs in the genus Nyctibatrachus. In addition to revealing the 12 new species, they rediscovered 3 thought extinct ->
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GOOD NEWS FROM INDIA: Scientists Find 10 New Frog Species
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, animaladvocates, frogs, India, science, wildlife, wildanimals, protection, goodnews, GoodNews )

Cal
- 648 days ago - deccanchronicle.com
A team headed by Dr Anil Zachariah, a renowned scientist, has discovered 10 new species of frogs from the hill ranges of Southern Western Ghats with the help of Zoological Survey of India.
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PETITION ALERT: Help End Cruel Frog 'Hunt'! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: frogs, tortured, plastic bags, mistreated, cruelty, suffering, frogs, exploitated )

Simone
- 679 days ago - secure.peta.org
"Accomplice: The Village" is an interactive show in Manhattan that calls itself "part game, part theater, part tour." One requirement of participants is that they obtain frogs from a live-animal market in Chinatown and deliver the animals in plastic bags
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ACTION ALERT: Urge Stores to End Sales of Cruel, Deadly Frog Prisons ! - PLEASE ACTION !
Animals  (tags: frogs, protection, stores, imprisoned, plastic boxes, suffering )

Simone
- 737 days ago - secure.peta.org
Wild Creations continues to supply "EcoAquariums"--tiny plastic boxes confining two African dwarf frogs with a miniscule amount of water--to store chains Scholar's Choice, Tales & Toys, JW Graham/YES! Gallery, and Toy Jungle.
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Atrazine & My Meeting With the Environmental Protection Agency
Animals  (tags: frogs, atrazine, environment )

Nancy
- 739 days ago - savethefrogs.com
Though Atrazine did not get banned at the conclusion of our meeting, I was extremely pleased with the reception I received and feel confident that we are on the path towards a federal Atrazine ban: ten of the most important people in the EPA now know and
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An Epidemic Among Amphibians
Animals  (tags: Amphibians, fungal disease, frogs, toads, species )

Anna
- 746 days ago - news.discovery.com
A deadly and contagious fungal disease first struck Mexican salamanders in the 1970s, found a new study. From there, it spread through Guatemala and Costa Rica over the next two decades.As the first study among salamanders to document the history of an...
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Be a Prince. Save a Frog. TAKE ACTION
Animals  (tags: frogs, AnimalWelfare, animalrights, protection, environment )

Nancy
- 749 days ago - secure.nrdconline.org
Frogs are disappearing around the world, primarily due to the widespread use of the toxic weed-killer atrazine. As the most commonly found pesticide in U.S. waters, atrazine can kill tadpoles and lead to limb deformities in adult frogs. Please tell the..
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Researchers Rediscover One of the World's Most Sought-After Lost Frogs
Animals  (tags: nature, habitat, wildlife, frogs, GoodNews, humans, goodnews, endangered, animals, animalwelfare, wildanimals )

Cal
- 821 days ago - news.mongabay.com
The Search for Lost Frogs, a global expedition to uncover amphibian species not seen for decades, has uncovered one of the expedition's most sought-after species: the Pescado stubfoot toad
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Safe the Frogs! : Atrazine - Let's Get It Banned! - TAKE ACTION
Animals  (tags: animals, frogs, amphibians, environment, wildlife, protection, animalwelfare )

Yrna
- 827 days ago - org2.democracyinaction.org
Atrazine is one of the world's most common pesticides: over 80 million pounds of it were used on American crops last year, and it has been in use for 50 years. This harmful pesticide turns male frogs into females at concentrations,
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Frogs Worried About the Future
Animals  (tags: animals, frogs, amphibians, environment, threats, conservation, wildlife, animalwelfare )

Yrna
- 838 days ago - bwindiresearchers.wildlifedirect.org
Frogs are fascinating,as bio-indicators and as natural jewels,but they may be facing decline or even extinction,due to factors such as habitat loss,infectious diseases,climate change and pollution. 30% of over 6,000 known amphibian species is threatened
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Rampant Logging, Illegal Collection and Slash and Burn Agriculture Driving Madagascar's Rare Frogs Towards Extinction
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, frogs, environment, extinction, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 881 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Recently, some of the leading experts on the endemic herpetofauna of Madagascar estimated that the island possesses 450-500 species of amphibians, with many still awaiting formal classification. However, this stunning array of often remarkable and
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Urge Kirlin's and Learning Express to End Sales of Frog Prisons ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, frogs, environment, suffering, protection )

Cher
- 887 days ago - secure.peta.org
With the holiday season under way, we need your help to stop the sales of frogs in tiny plastic boxes at Kirlin's Hallmark and Learning Express stores. Complaints continue to pour into PETA's offices about the tiny plastic prisons that are shipped to
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Tell Learning Express That Frogs Are Not Toys ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, suffering, frogs, protection )

Cher
- 916 days ago - change.org
Among the "toys" you can buy at Learning Express, the largest educational toy retailer in the United States, are live African dwarf frogs encased in 4-square-inch plastic cubes.
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