Running for Mountain Chickens
Donation protected
I will be running the London Marathon in 2016 to help rasie funds for the Mountain Chicken Project.
The Dominican Mountain Chicken Project is a collaboration between European institutions and the government of the Commonwealth of Dominica to save the Critically Endangered amphibian, Leptodactylus fallax, from extinction.
The Mountain Chicken frog (known in Dominica as the Crapaud) is a cultural symbol of Dominica. It forms part of the Coat-of-Arms and is used as a logo by several very important Dominican institutions, including the National Bank of Dominica.
In 2002, Dominica experienced the first rapid decline of the crapaud population due to arrival on the Island of a deadly fungal disease called the amphibian chytrid. This disease wiped out at least 80% of the population within 18 months. Other threats to the crapaud population include habitat destruction and hunting (although hunting is now illegal, some incidents still happen).
This project is aimed at assuring the long term future survival of the Mountain Chicken species in Dominica. This can be achieved through captive breeding, monitoring the status of remaining wild populations and ultimately reintroduction of the captive-bred frogs back into the wild.
The funds Raised will go directly to the project and help us to conserve this amazing amphibian .....
The Dominican Mountain Chicken Project is a collaboration between European institutions and the government of the Commonwealth of Dominica to save the Critically Endangered amphibian, Leptodactylus fallax, from extinction.
The Mountain Chicken frog (known in Dominica as the Crapaud) is a cultural symbol of Dominica. It forms part of the Coat-of-Arms and is used as a logo by several very important Dominican institutions, including the National Bank of Dominica.
In 2002, Dominica experienced the first rapid decline of the crapaud population due to arrival on the Island of a deadly fungal disease called the amphibian chytrid. This disease wiped out at least 80% of the population within 18 months. Other threats to the crapaud population include habitat destruction and hunting (although hunting is now illegal, some incidents still happen).
This project is aimed at assuring the long term future survival of the Mountain Chicken species in Dominica. This can be achieved through captive breeding, monitoring the status of remaining wild populations and ultimately reintroduction of the captive-bred frogs back into the wild.
The funds Raised will go directly to the project and help us to conserve this amazing amphibian .....
Organizer
Luke Harding
Organizer
