Working in partnerships to ensure the global survival of amphibians, focusing on those that cannot be safeguarded in nature.

South African Threatened Amphibian Working Group (SATAG) participants are urged to remember that 2008 is the YEAR OF THE FROG. Please contact Louise Gordon at Johannesburg Zoo (Louise@jhbzoo.org.za)
for more details as to how you can participate.

SATAG is planning two comprehensive “frog” meetings in April this year. I n collaboration with AARK representatives, an African Amphibian Species Prioritisation Workshop aimed at identifying those species that cannot be saved in the wild will be hosted by the Johannesburg.

Immediately following this will be a two day Amphibian Husbandry seminar conducted by Richard Gibson of Chester Zoo and Geraldo Garcia of Jersey Zoo.

Please contact either the Executive Director of PAAZAB, Dave Morgan (paazab@paazab.com) or
Martin-John Van Rooyen of Johannesburg Zoo (MartinJohn.VanRooyen@jhbzoo.org.za) for more details.