COLCHESTER Zoo's charity has raised thousands of pounds to help frogs.
COLCHESTER Zoo's charity has raised thousands of pounds to help frogs.
The zoo's Action for the Wild cause raised £7,810 for the Year of the Frog Campaign.
The money, raised through a series of special events, will be used to support breeding programmes and to set up a conservation fund focusing on frogs.
According to Colchester Zoo between a third and a half of all amphibian species are threatened with extinction, and captive breeding is needed to reverse the trend.
Patron of the Year of the Frog, Sir David Attenborough, said: “Without an immediate and sustained conservation effort to support captive management, hundreds of species of these wonderful creatures could become extinct in our own lifetime.”
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