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Save The Frogs Day on April 28

Conservation organization Save The Frogs, USA recently declared April 28th as the first annual 'Save The Frogs Day'. The goal is to raise awareness of the rapid disappearance of frog species worldwide. Save The Frogs Day events are planned in several places , including Assam.

In recognition of Save The Frogs Day, Peoples' Science Activists of worldwide will deliver presentations about the amphibian extinction crisis to local schools, zoos and community groups this April 28th. Teachers and students will focus on amphibian conservation, learning about threats to frogs and discussing ways to contribute to conservation efforts. Events for schools also include participating in frog art and frog poetry contests.

According to Mowsam Hazarika, Peoples' Science Activist of Assam , nearly one-third of the world's 6,485 amphibian species are threatened with extinction, and at least 150 species have completely disappeared since 1980. Habitat destruction is the primary threat to frogs in lowland areas. . Millions of frogs are shipped worldwide each year for use as pets or food, and few regulations exist to prevent the transport of infected individuals. Sick frogs inevitably escape into the wild and introduce their disease to places where the native frogs have no evolved defenses. To make matters worse, pesticides and global warming weaken frogs' immune systems, making them more susceptible to infectious diseases.

The amphibian extinction crisis has received very little attention, so Peoples' Science Activists hopes that Save The Frogs Day will dramatically increase frog awareness on a global scale. This is one of the most significant environmental issues of the 21st century. Hazarika informed that , unless we act quickly, amphibian species will continue to disappear, resulting in irreversible consequences to Earth's ecosystems and to humans.

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Dr. Anirudha Giri's picture

It is great to know that we in Assam have started thinking seriously in this regard. My special thanks to Mowsam Hazarika and Peoples' Science Activist of Assam for taking the lead in this direction.

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