Our supporters say it best!
Captain Paul Watson
Founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Co-Founder of Greenpeace
Star of Animal Planet's Whale Wars
Thanks Kerry,
Great hearing from you. Your work with frogs is extremely important. We need them as much if not more so than whales.
I am presently heading South down the coast of Tasmania bound for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. We should intercept the Japanese whaling fleet within the next few weeks and hopefully we will be able to save hundreds of whales from their deadly harpoons.
Sincerely,
Captain Paul Watson
Dr. Jean Brennan
Climate Change Scientist - Defenders of Wildlife
Washington, D.C
Kerry,
So sorry for the delay in getting back with you but I just wanted to say THANKS! again for your presentation. As you could tell the Defenders staff was very interested in your work. Very best of luck to you.
Elaine McEnery
Habitat Team Leader - Sammamish Wildlife Habitat Project
Sammamish, WA
Your organization has a FABULOUS website!!! And I’ve already added a link for your website on our blogsite so that our Sammamish residents can learn more about, and support, Save The Frogs. Thank you for all that you are doing to save the frogs!!!
Dave Knight
Captive Breeder - United Kingdom
Hi, I found this site whilst looking for posters. I have posted a link to it on the forum I use, and will do my best to point as many people in the direction of this site as I can. What you guys do is amazing and deserves people’s awareness. I will be purchasing some save the frogs wrist bands and will pass them out as well as wearing one myself. Frogs have been my passion and my favourite animal for a long time. Keep up the good work and let’s hope the help from man is not too late.
Miranda Kett
Graphic Designer - Hamilton, Ontario
Kerry, your work inspires many! It's amazing how many local restaurants carry frog legs. Just last week I ordered take out later realizing they carried a frog leg dish. Obviously, I wont be returning. It's so important for people to know the risks of frog legs and the chytrid fungus. Awareness is the first step. Congratulations on being featuring on ABC News!
Brook Knoll Elementary
Scotts Valley, CA
Dear Kerry, Thank you for coming to our class to teach us about frogs. Thanks for telling us about the various frog species and for making the cool frog sounds. You have inspired us to save frogs! Thank you for helping save our world!
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Ms. Rugg's 4th and 5th graders at Brook Knoll
Kerry Cesan
Teacher -
Duggan Middle School
Springfield, MA
I teach 7th grade Science at an expeditionary learning school in Springfield, MA. This spring we are focusing on biodiversity and biodiversity loss. I plan on incorporating the Save the Frogs website as we delve into this expedition. We are going to investigate and try and certify a couple of potential vernal pools in our city to get them protected. Thanks for the website and its clear, easily accessible text about the issues and the action steps.
Joel Sartore
Photographer for National Geographic Magazine
Lincoln, Nebraska
I've met Kerry only once, when we served together on an amphibian panel discussion at National Geographic, but knew of his excellent conservation and photographic work long before that. Experts like Kerry predict that we could lose half of all amphibians within the next decade. There's no time to lose.
Kerry has taken it upon himself to found this non-profit and actually do something beyond simply photographing the subject that he's most passionate about. If only there were more folks like him. I support Kerry's efforts to save the Earth.
Blake & Jason Poggi
Shrewsbury, MA
Kimberley Fisher
Arborist - Fort Valley, VA
Kerry,
I just wanted to say Thank You again. It was wonderful to have you out and I truly hope it was worth it for you. I feel like the community took to you and it was very worth it for them. So thank you thank you thank you! So please keep in touch and I wish you the best of luck to you on your speeches coming up! You are doing a great thing and it is so nice to see our generation doing something about it!
John Crossen
United States Army - Base Realignment and Closure Division
Arlington, VA
Dr. Kriger,
I just wanted to let you know about the efforts that my son is doing on
the frogs behalf. His name is Tyler and he is 11 years old and since the
age of three has wanted to become either a marine entomologist or an
ecologist like yourself. He watched the show on the Discovery Channel
and has started a campaign to fight chytrid and other things killing
amphibians. So far he has raised a hundred dollars for your organization
and continues to raise more. I have always been proud of what he does
for nature, volunteering on many issues, but I thought you should know
that you have greatly inspired one of the next generation and that as
soon as he can he wants to join you in your fight as an ecologist.
Thanks,
John Crossen
Doug Patterson
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Dear Save The Frogs,
I find your work valuable and inspiring. Our frogs in the mid-Vancouver Island have been giving us a nocturnal serenade these past two weeks, probably my favorite sound from nature.
Joanne Yanchick
3rd Grade Teacher
Mill City Elementary School - Dalton, PA
Dear Save The Frogs Staff,
Please accept this donation on behalf of the third-grade class at Mill City Elementary School, in Dalton, PA. The students learned about all kinds of animals in their Science class, especially amphibians and many other endangered animals. Some have even designed posters for your campaign. We wish you all the best in your research and your efforts to “Save The Frogs”. Thanks for all you are doing to make our planet healthier for all living things!
Sincerely, Joanne Yanchick
Dennis Trovato
Red Frog Member - Naples, FL
Here are some donations that are from the two donation jars. I know these funds will help the cause and I will keep on pushing to help the frogs!! It is awesome what Save The Frogs is doing. I am proud to be part of it. I am spreading the word with wristbands and flyers whenever possible...Thank you for your help and dedication. www.savethefrogs.com rocks!
Tiffany Kosch
Ph.D. Candidate
East Carolina University Biology Department -
Greenville, NC
I love your website and your qPCR info, I think that many people will find it extremely useful.
Lucy Cooke
Independent Filmmaker - United Kingdom
I am a zoologist and filmmaker who has decided to take a 5 month sabbatical from my TV career to travel around South America filming and writing about my number one passion - amphibians. I'm a huge fan of the work of Save The Frogs and and want to congratulate you on an excellent job. Keep up the good work.
Lee Garig-Meyer
I learned about the Save The Frogs site on Page 4 of the April 25th 2009 issue of “Science News”. Two hours went by and I was still reading about the people who created the site and their amazing accomplishments, enjoying the beautiful photos and in general just enjoying reading about frogs.
Sisalee Boots - Age 11
Hi, my name is Sisalee I am eleven years old. My friends Fiona, Rachelle, and Sandra plus my cousin Dawn and step brother Marcus are planning a bake sale at school to help your cause. We are also speaking with the Kindergarden, 1st and 2nd grade teachers for us to talk with their classes about saving frogs and what we can do to help them. We picked to talk with them because we know that a lot of them love frogs.
We are going to show them about frogs and what is happening to them plus all their body part deformations. I am also writing an essay about frogs as well as a speech that will be given to the 3rd 4th and the rest of the fifth grade. We're making flyers and posters for around the school too. We are trying the ways you say we can help and trying to get others to help too. All of the people that are working with me are dedicated and love all animals know that what every day humans do horrible to the planet I'm trying to make a difference to our lives and the frogs plus other animals. I hope we help you and this is only the beginning of our SAVE THE FROGS act.
Your website has been the most helpful of any where I have gone though you're so organized and it is helpful to be able to find every thing so quickly. Thank you for reading my email.
Nell Stewart
Mother of two Sidwell Friends students
Washington, D.C.
Hi Kerry,
Nice talking to you too. I e-mailed the Lower School Science teacher to tell her about the Save The Frogs assembly at Middle School last week in case she hadn't heard about it. I told her how my third grader (who is in Lower School) became really interested in the subject when my fifth grader was talking about it so much at home. My kids are looking forward to getting their t-shirts!
Janice Ingram
SAVE THE FROGS! Charter Member
Vancouver, BC
Dear Kerry,
Thank you for the opportunity for my daughter, Lauren, and I to hear your important message about saving our endangered frogs.
We learned a lot, and Lauren is very inspired to share your work with her friends and family. Please pass on our thanks also to your sponsors, FrogBox and the Mountain View Conservation and Breeding Centre.
Great job!
Warm Regards,
Jan
David Wong
Urban Architect - Vancouver, BC
Thanks for sharing the message Kerry!
Thanks to you and SAVE THE FROGS!, our multi-cultural frogs and eco-film night (the Green Leap Forward) was a super success...over 200 visitors sat under the stars to watch our presentation.
Our whole frog and film night was inspired by you, initiated with this year's inaugural Save The Frogs Day. Without your passion and inspiration, none of this would have happened here in Richmond and Vancouver, Canada. :-)
Joan Schafer
Bozeman, MT
Hi, I just wanted you to know that you have really inspired my son John. He is 10 yrs old and has loved frogs from a very early age. After reading about you in the newspaper, he has been "spreading the word". He made some fliers of his own and has given them to several people. He even handed them out at our garage sale and explained the "cause" to a couple shoppers. Pretty impressive for a 10 year old. He also asked everyone in the family to donate a portion of our garage sale "proceeds" to save the frogs. So I'm sending a check for $70 to you today.
Thank you for your efforts,
Sincerely, Joan Schafer
Brooke Wilson
Virginia Zoo - Norfolk, VA
Hello! Just keeping you updated! This Saturday (24 April) is Virginia Zoo's Earth Day event. I'll be running an Amphibian Conservation booth, & will be talking about the threats amphibs face, why amphibians are important, & how people can help. I made a display board, & will be passing out Save the Frogs/Save the Frogs Day flyers! Some amphibian ambassadors from our education animal collection will be out at the booth, too. I want to thank you for the great resources that are available on www.savethefrogs.com! It really made everything much easier for me! All the best, Brooke Wilson
Adum Gilbert
Batrachologist - Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah University, Department of Wildlife
The most treasured donation that went to our lovely frogs this passing year unarguably is your setting up Save The Frogs. With this your message and for that matter the sounds of the alarming bells of the frogs have reached all the ends of the earth. For your sake I am a frog activist in my country Ghana. Keep it up for we shall win all battles against our defenceless friends. Many Happy Returns.
Arlene Wang
Poet, High School Student - Lexington, KY
My name is Arlene Wang and I was recently announced the 13-17 category winner for the Save the Frogs Poetry Contest. I want to thank you for this amazing honor. I hope to use the prize money towards my college education, and I wish future winners will be able to use theirs to pursue their dreams. I love writing (mostly prose) but it took a little push to write poetry. Frog conservation has been a newfound interest of mine along with environmentalism. Save the Frogs is a great organization, and keep doing what you are doing!
Thanks again!
Sincerely,
Arlene Wang
Chad Curry
Director of Policy, Planning, and Communications
Wyoming Community Development Authority
When I viewed your photographs online in regards to Uncle Julio’s Rio Grande restaurants I was struck with the realization that you really do stand behind what you promote. I have read further into your work and have become increasingly impressed with your efforts. Keep up the good work, you may be our flipper footed friends best chance for a future.
Jessica Hope
Your website is awesome. I think I'm raising a young batrachologist. I just ordered some of your clothes through cafepress. We'll try to come say Hi at HerpWorld this weekend.
Lan-Yu & Tom Pittard
Stuffed Animal Designer & Film Producer - Hidden Valley Lake, CA
Dear Kerry,
We at Orchid Jade Living realize the importance of the educational and scientific field work that SAVE THE FROGS! is doing. It is dedicated individuals like you, and organizations like SAVE THE FROGS! that provide both hope and actual positive results. We have decided to increase the percentage of proceeds from frog-go® sales that we donate to SAVE THE FROGS! Instead of 5%, from now on we are going to donate 10% to SAVE THE FROGS! Warm regards and keep up the Great Work!
Kym Smith Soderholm
Indianapolis, IN
Thank you for the work that you do. Gives me hope for a future, for all of our species.
Marylynn Orlovsky
Sunderland, MA
"Maija (11 years old) saw your presentation at the Museum of Science in Boston. She has always been a frog fan, but since seeing this has become a vigilante for trying to save frogs and bees! When asked by my mother what she wanted for XMAS it was instant: "To contribute to Save The Frogs - buy me a t-shirt!". It is great that you are capturing childrens interest; it will definitely mold an aspect of what she decides to do in life.
Sincerely, MO Orlovsky
Presha
Student - South Africa
Well done! This is an awesome site. I absolutely love frogs and am studying to be a herpetologist. This website has helped me out a lot.
Barbara Snyder
Southern Maryland
Thank you for letting people know about the disappearance of the frogs/toads. I will let everybody I know about the tragedy. Keep up the good work. The frogs/toads are counting on us.
A frog/toad lover,
Barbara E. Snyder
Bilyana Petrova
Photographer - Bulgaria
Hi! I 'm a freelance filmmaker from Bulgaria. I was very excited to find savethefrogs.com and I want to congratulate you on the excellent job you've done! Your mission is very important and I hope it gets more and more popular.
Steve O'Neil
Naturalist/Environmental Educator/Wildlife Warrior -
Earthshine Mountain Lodge, North Carolina
Hello Kerry,
I really like your site and your passion for saving amphibians.
Diep Doan
Teacher -
Prospect Sierra School
El Cerrito, CA
Mr. McKissock has been teaching and helping our school raise tadpoles every year to help with the Pacific Chorus Frog population in the Bay Area. It is a big component of our curriculum and we are very proud to be doing something useful to help save the frogs. It is really nice to get so many ideas from the SaveTheFrogs website. Thank you!
Kathryn B.
11 years old - Colorado
I love your website. I am positively the biggest frog lover in the world. I am eleven years old and I live in Colorado. My name is Kathryn and my room is totally decorated in frog stuff. Thanks.
Marian Hussenbux
Quaker Concern for Animals - United Kingdom
I love your site and have signed up for your e-newsletter. Very well done on the anti-frogs' legs on the menu campaign. Very best wishes and thanks for all you do for these wonderful and vulnerable creatures.
Sue Lajeunesse
Green Frog Member - Ottawa, Canada
I just wanted to let you know that I have been loving being a new Save The frogs Supporter. I love the newsletter and the website. It has kept me informed and made me want to help more and more each day. I am going to be donating to get those Chicago Ohare posters up shortly.
Stacey Citraro
Healthcare Administrator - Columbia, MD
Thank you for caring about these little guys! They need to be protected -- as do all animals!
Michelle Walton
South Africa
We desperately need a group like this in Cape Town! Over half of South Africa's frog and toad species live here; and many of these exist only here and nowhere else in the world. Unfortunately, lots of people want to live here too and we are wiping out habitats unbelievably quickly!
Mary Thomas
Journalist - Western Massachussetts
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the dedicated work you are doing to save our planet's wonderful amphibians. Keep up your invaluable work!
Dawn Dhavale
Vice President - Fairfax Master Naturalists
Fairfax, VA
Dr. Gordon Grigg
Emeritus Professor of Zoology
The University of Queensland - Brisbane, Australia
"I am very pleased to announce that the prolonged process of awarding the inaugural Scott Piper Best Student Publication for 2007 Award has finally been completed. I looked at all of the papers before opening the file with the rankings. They are all very good, but the one on Latitudinal Variation in Chytrid infection seemed to me to deserve special mention. It addresses an important question, reports a huge amount of field work conducted and analysed very rigorously, and its findings make an important contribution to conservation biology, with messages for amphibian workers elsewhere as well. I note that three of the four assessors also ranked that paper first, while the fourth ranked it second, so I think Kriger, Pereoglou & Hero 2007 emerges as the winning paper.
We can, therefore, announce that the winner is Kerry Kriger for his paper Latitudinal variation in the prevalence and intensity of chytrid
(Batrachochytridium dendrobatidis) infection in eastern Australia.
Finally, congratulations to all for such excellence in science.
Sincerely,
Gordon
Students who took our qPCR course in Panama
SAVE THE FROGS! Executive Director Dr. Kerry Kriger taught a free course entitled "Instruction and application of quantitative PCR molecular techniques for the study of amphibian epidemics", which took place at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama City on October 5th-9th 2009, and was attended by 25 scientists from Panama, Colombia, and Costa Rica. Read more about the course here. This is what the students said:
“Magnifico que realicer estas actividades. Espero que se forme un buen grupo de analysis de quitrido y que sigan obteniendo apoyo.”
“El curso fue extraordinario, seria bueno se repitieran.“
“Creo que ha sido el curso mas complete dictado en Centro y Suramerica sobre esta tecnica. Lleno completemente mis expectativas.”
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