New Breeding Facility Saves Dying Frog Population

New Breeding Facility Saves Dying Frog Population
A supplied undated image made available Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013 of a Booroolong Frog in the Upper Murray region of Victoria. A rare frog species has leapt back from the brink after floods threatened to wipe away their habitat. (AAP Image/ Department of Sustainability and Environment, David Hunter) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY
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Taronga Zoo is re-establishing Australia’s Booroolong frog population with a $178,000 (US$127, 000) breeding facility funded by the Australian New South Wales (NSW) government.

Booroolong frogs are a critically endangered species, native to the New South Wales (NSW) Northern Tablelands, that were almost wiped out by a severe drought in 2019 which dried up their stream habitats.

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