Endangered: The Amphibians of the World

by Stephanie Ernst · 2009-06-09 13:12:00 UTC
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Earth's amphibians are in trouble for various reasons, including habitat loss for which humans are responsible, pollution for which humans are responsible, climate change for which humans are responsible, and a deadly fungus whose spread humans are responsible for because of our practice of experimentation on frogs. Please take a few minutes today to learn more:

Endangered Frogs--The Vivisection Connection from Animal Aid (this link will take you to a summary; follow the link there to arrive at the more detailed PDF)

World's Amphibians Under Threat from the Guardian (slideshow featuring 10 species)

Amphibians page at Endangered Species International

And here is a quick (2 1/2 min) video from the Planet Earth folks about frogs:

Photo of a Panamanian golden frog by Gerry Marantelli, Year of the Frog

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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