Mia Gordon,
Reporter, British Columbia, 6/25/19, Weather Channel, For video go to https://bit.ly/2RDujNC
Vancouver
Aquarium steps in to help the endangered leopard frog.
They may be
the most endangered amphibian in British Columbia, but this week more than
1,600 northern leopard frog tadpoles found their way back into the wild with
the help of the Vancouver Aquarium.
Back in the
1990s leopard frog numbers started to decline across the country and while they
were able to recover in other provinces, their numbers continued to struggle in
B.C. because it was difficult for the frogs to cross the Rockies. That is when
the Vancouver Aquarium stepped in.
They began breeding
frogs to release back into the wild, and since 2013, they have returned more
than 7,000 tadpoles to the wild.
While the
aquarium continues to do its part, there are things we could do to help the
leopard frog as well.
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