by Chris Peters, World Herald
Staff Writer, Jul 20, 2017
Last week the zoo introduced
nearly 11,000 critically endangered toads back into the wild in Puerto Rico.
Each year, the Henry Doorly Zoo
& Aquarium breeds, hatches, nurtures and reintroduces Puerto Rican crested
toads. The zoo is one of 19 American institutions that make up the breeding
program for the species.
The zoo began participating in
the breeding program in 2004. On July 14, the zoo released about as many
tadpoles — 10,500 — as it did in its first 10 years of the program.
Puerto Rican crested toads are
native only to Puerto Rico, and can be seen at the zoo’s nocturnal Kingdoms of
the Night exhibit.
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