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The Countdown Wednesday, April 28, 2027

The SAVE THE FROGS! Bulletin

Save The Frogs Day is the world’s largest day of amphibian education and conservation action.

Save The Frogs Day · Special Edition

Vol. XIX · No. 1 19th Annual Edition Wednesday, April 28, 2027 savethefrogs.com/day

The Front Page

19th Annual Save The Frogs Day To Be Celebrated Worldwide April 28, 2027

The world’s oldest annually observed amphibian conservation event enters its nineteenth year — with over 2,000 educational events held across 60+ countries since 2009.

By The Bulletin Wire Desk · From savethefrogs.com/day

Since 2009, Save The Frogs Day has grown from a single founding observance into the world’s largest day of amphibian education and conservation action — and the world’s oldest annually observed amphibian conservation event.

Over 2,000 educational events have been held across more than 60 countries since the Day’s inception. These events have helped educate tens of thousands of people about the importance of frogs.

Nature walks, habitat restorations, school presentations, art exhibits, parades and 5K races: the Day belongs to anyone, anywhere, willing to speak up for amphibians. Organizers register their events with SAVE THE FROGS!, founded in 2008 by Dr. Kerry Kriger, and dispatches return from every continent where frogs sing.

The 19th Annual Save The Frogs Day will be celebrated worldwide on Wednesday, April 28th, 2027.

Ways to take part: The Bulletin Board, below ↓

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Dispatches From The Field

2,000+Educational Events
60+Countries
2009First Observed
Tens of ThousandsPeople Educated
Save The Frogs Day has been celebrated in more than 60 countries. Each marker: a nation the dispatches have come home from.

The Wire · 60+ Nations Argentina • Australia • Bangladesh • Belize • Bhutan • Bolivia • Brazil • Canada • Chile • China • Colombia • Congo (DRC) • Costa Rica • Croatia • Czech Republic • Dominica • Dominican Republic • Ecuador • Estonia • Finland • Germany • Ghana • Guatemala • Hungary • India • Indonesia • Ireland • Italy • Kenya • Liberia • Madagascar • Malaysia • Mauritius • Mexico • Montenegro • Nepal • New Zealand • Nigeria • Pakistan • Panama • Papua New Guinea • Paraguay • Peru • Philippines • Portugal • Romania • Sierra Leone • South Africa • South Korea • Spain • Sweden • Switzerland • Taiwan • Tanzania • Turkey • Uganda • Ukraine • United Kingdom • USA • Venezuela

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Field Notes

An Informed Public Is The Whole Point

By Dr. Kerry Kriger · Founder, SAVE THE FROGS!

“Only a small proportion of the public is aware that frogs are disappearing, and amphibian conservation efforts will not be successful with an un-informed public.”

That sentence is the reason this Day exists. The goal of Save The Frogs Day is to make the amphibian extinction crisis common knowledge — not a specialist’s worry, but something every schoolchild, gardener, and town council simply knows, the way everyone knows the rainforests are shrinking.

Education is conservation’s first act. A wetland is easier to pave when nobody knows who lives in it; it is much harder once a town has walked its edges on an April morning and heard the chorus for themselves. Every event registered for the Day — each nature walk, each classroom visit, each art exhibit — moves a few more people from unaware to informed, and some of the informed to action.

These events have helped educate tens of thousands of people about the importance of frogs. That is the work: one town, one classroom, one chorus at a time.

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The Almanac

Fig. 1 — The ClutchEggs laid in still water, each embryo wrapped in jelly.
Fig. 2 — The TadpoleAll tail and appetite, breathing through gills.
Fig. 3 — The FrogletLegs first; the tail is gradually reabsorbed.
Fig. 4 — The AdultAshore at last — breathing air, singing for rain.
PLATE I — THE FROG, CUT IN CODE
The almanac centerpiece: a frog engraved entirely in code — cross-hatch, stipple and halftone, no photographs, in the manner of the old newspaper cuts.

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The Bulletin Board

Classifieds: every notice below is real, and every one of them needs you.

Prize Classified№ 1

$200

The Save The Frogs Day Photo Contest

The finest frog photograph takes the prize. Wanted: choruses, clutches, golden eyes.

savethefrogs.com/day-photo →

Prize Classified№ 2

$100

The Flyer Design Contest

Design the flyer that rallies a town for the 19th Annual. Ink, pixels, or crayon — all welcome.

savethefrogs.com/day-flyer →

Situations Vacant№ 3

Organizers Wanted, Worldwide

No experience required; enthusiasm essential. SAVE THE FROGS! will show you how to stage an event your town remembers.

savethefrogs.com/day-organize →

Public Notice№ 4

Register Your Event

Put your event on the worldwide map — registration keeps the wire (and this Bulletin) honest.

savethefrogs.com/day-register →

Public Notice№ 5

Report Your Event

Afterward, file your dispatch: photos, attendance, what the frogs thought. Reports feed next year’s front page.

savethefrogs.com/day-report →

Funds Available№ 6

Apply For A Grant

Seed funding for Save The Frogs Day events — apply and put it to work for the amphibians.

savethefrogs.com/day-grants →

Ways To CelebrateClip & Save

  • Educational events
  • Habitat restoration
  • Nature walks
  • Advocacy & protests
  • Parades
  • Art & photo exhibits
  • School & university presentations
  • 5K races
  • Submit photos & videos
  • Create & share promotional materials
  • Donate to SAVE THE FROGS!

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From The Founder

“If everyone steps up, gets involved and does their part, then we have a high chance of saving frogs from extinction.”

— Dr. Kerry Kriger, Founder, SAVE THE FROGS!

“Please mark your calendars for the 19th Annual Save The Frogs Day, which will be celebrated worldwide on Wednesday, April 28th, 2027!”

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