Toads Return

This is Kihansi Fall in Tanzinia. It is home to Kihansi Toads in the photo below.

These toads live nowhere else but in the spray of Kihansi waterfalls. After the completion of Kihansi hydroelectric dam in July 2000, the spray level reduced drastically and the tiny creatures disappeared from the wild. In 2009, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) declared the toads extinct. But before the declaration, several of these toads were already taken into zoos in the United States of America. This week, 100 of Kihansi Toads born and bred in the U S have arrived in Tanzinia to be reintroduced into their habitat in the wild.

In our last story, we reported a search for "Lost Frogs" and cautioned communities in and around Sapo National Park to help protect frogs, toads, and other amphibians of the park. Currently, we have no information of any unique Sapo amphibians in zoos around the world. If we sent any of our wild amphibian extinct, it may be gone forever. Let's respect and safeguard our nature.