Protection-Rehabilitation Efforts

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) currently lists Poison Dart Frogs on their endangered species red list, due to their steadily decreasing population.

The IUCN is an organization that tries to raise awareness and protect endangered species

In countries where the population of Poison Dart Frogs are more abundant like Colombia, governments have created a few laws protecting the Poison Dart Frog species. For example, the Decree Inderena No. 39 of July 9, 1985 forbids the collection of the Poison Dart Frog species from the wild in Colombia and neighboring areas for international pet trade among other things. The frogs are also listed on CITES Appendix II, which is an official multilateral treaty by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. In Colombia and some other nearby countries, wildlife conservation areas have been set up in order to protect such species as Poison Dart Frogs. One of the main organizations in protecting these species is ProAves, and their Deputy Director, Luis Gabriel Mosquera explains information about Poison Dart Frogs, specifically the Golden Poison Dart Frog, in this video below:

A leader of the organization ProAves explains information about Poison Dart Frogs

In efforts to repopulate the species, many institutions like the National Aquarium in Baltimore, have initiated a very successful captive-breeding program which now has expanded to include over 20 other institutions and growing.

Institutions like the National Aquarium in Baltimore have greatly helped in conservation efforts of Poison Dart Frogs and have prompted other institutions to do so as well

The organization Keepers of the Wild, sponsored by ProAves, sends professional park rangers into the conservation areas in order to insure the protection of the Poison Dart Frog species by looking out for problems like deforestation and hunting. The program is explained in this video:

A professional park ranger from the organization Keepers of the Wild, sponsored by ProAves, explains his duties in protecting the Poison Dart Frogs

 

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  1. Hey Dylan – You again have excellent information on this page, and the videos and images are great. You need to state what “CITES” stands for, and there are a few grammatical errors. For example, the first sentence after the Red List image is grammatically incorrect. Also in the sentence “It is also listed on CITES ” what is “It”? Don’t use “it”. Do you mean Poison dart Frogs? The Law? But there are many more grammatical errors as well. Have someone help you with this.

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