Article: 'Extreme Makeover' coming to zoo's frogs: Amphibians to get $500,000 home.

Byline: Jenni Laidman

Sep. 11--The Toledo Zoo will bound into its Year of the Frog with the creation of a half-million-dollar amphibian pad next year, the zoo board learned yesterday.

The amphibian annum is the creation of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums -- which accredits member zoos nationwide, including Toledo -- to draw attention to the rapid depletion of frogs and salamanders around the planet.

A fungal infection is eliminating frog populations around the world, while habitat destruction erodes important frog and salamander breeding ponds. Pesticides also play a role in the plague frogs face, and global warming appears to be a ...

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