- Project Blog Guest Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation
Every year around August 14, Anton El Valle de Panama streets fill with gold frogs. Although they are not true amphibians-the golden frog Panamanian is off in children of school age dress like wild animals in a lively celebration of what has become a popular national holiday. Panamanian Golden Frog Day
"Panamanian Golden Frog Day is to be grateful for the gift of life that we are able to experience every day," said Katie Uckele, volunteer at Punta Culebra Nature Center, one of the participants in the celebrations. "the Panamanian golden frog reminds us to cherish the gift of life and celebrate biodiversity in the world."
in 2010, just one year after the last confirmed sighting of a Panamanian golden frog in the wild and the Panama national Assembly declared August 13 national day golden frog, adoption of a law that made the Panamanian golden frog an official cultural and ecological symbols of Panama. Since then the festival has grown from simple recognition of the declaration of the national Assembly of a week full of events centered frog for children and adults through the countries.
Golden Day Frog This year begins August 13 through August 20 and includes two days of the family, a race for frogs, an open house at the research and conservation Centre Gamboa Amphibian, a book fair with a live frog exhibit and a parade in El Valle. See the Golden Frog Festival calendar of events for details.
But you should not be in Panama to celebrate and support the efforts of the rescue project to save the Panamanian golden frog. There are still a few more weeks left in the fight for the Frogs campaign, during which our Golden Frog generous sponsor is matching donations for the rescue project to $ 20,000, to help us raise needed funds to our struggle for frogs.
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"I am very optimistic about the future of gold frogs and several other highly endangered frogs in Panama," said Brian Gratwicke, international coordinator for the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project. Gratwicke added it will cook the little golden frog cakes for colleagues in celebration of Panama Golden frog Day. "We have a fantastic team of conservationists who work to maintain and breeding frogs, and the research necessary to return them to the wild. "
Although no one is more in the nature, the golden frog is a well-icon beloved in Panama, where local markets selling thousands of terracotta painted enamel and tagua nut golden frog statues sculpted by hand, and the work of art hand-sewn fabric called molas likeness of the amphibian. the last year, the celebrations Panamanian Golden frog Day even began with a national lottery frog golden ticket on the subject.
"Panamanian golden frogs signify hope," says Angie Estrada, a doctoral student at Virginia Tech and a native Panamanian. "Hopefully Panamanians can recover and protect rivers, streams and forests. Hopefully we can work with people from different countries and backgrounds when the lens is larger than our own interests. Hopefully we will be able to find more frogs in nature, and that if we do not, we'll keep looking. Hopefully if they are gone, we will be able to say that we have done everything possible to help. "
Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project is a partnership project between the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, the Houston Zoo, Zoo New England and the Smithsonian Institution. You can follow the fight for Frogs campaign Twitter using the hashtag #FightForFrogs or Facebook page the rescue project .
Image credit all images in this post: Brian Gratwicke
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