Do you think it’s easy to get a 40 foot shipping container delivered and parked at the Houston Zoo behind the cheetah exhibit on a Friday afternoon in the middle of the medical center and Hermann Park?
Do you want the short answer? The answer is, no.
You may ask why we would insist on attempting such an unlikely and stressful action. Do you want the short answer?
It’s for the frogs. Panamanian golden frogs to be exact.
Because of a generous shipping container donation from APL and with financial assistance provided by Project Golden Frog & an Atelopus Conservation Trust grant, this container will end up at the El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center in Panama and will be the new home for the extremely rare Panamanian golden frog, a cultural icon which is believed by some to now be extint in the wild.
This container will be transformed into a romantic spa getaway, amphibian style, with hopes of breeding many golden frogs that can hopefully be returned to their native streams in Panama once a solution to the deadly chytrid fungus can be found.
The container will likely live at the Houston Zoo for the next 6 weeks while it is equipped with needed materials and supplies, then away it goes on a journey to Central America.
Learn more about Amphibian conservation projects that the Houston Zoo is involved with both in Texas and in Panama.
For more information on shipping containers used in amphibian conservation.
Panamanian golden frog
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