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    Rare tree frog euthanized at Zoo Atlanta

    ATLANTA (AP) — Zoo Atlanta officials say a rare tree frog whose species is now believed to be extinct in the wild had to be euthanized after a decline in his health.

    The Rabbs' fringe-limb tree frog was believed to be one of the last two of its kind left on Earth. Zoo officials said Friday the frog was euthanized to prevent suffering and to preserve genetic material for research.

    The species was identified by Zoo Atlanta herpetology curator Joseph Mendelson during a 2005 trip to Panama. Mendelson says a pathogen known as the amphibian chytrid fungus has been killing off frog species in the wild.

    The last known member of the Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frog species lives at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.

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    61 comments

    • Richard  •  Lansing, Kansas  •  2 mths ago
      once again Yahoo forgot to paste a pic so of course i had to go to google again. To any google employees thank you for the pics and yahoo thanks for nothing.
    • Traci Rose  •  3 mths ago
      The question remains in my head. Did they kill it just so they can study it?
      • A Yahoo! User 3 mths ago
        Yeah, makes you wonder....
      • Kirstin 3 mths ago
        No, they killed it to stop its suffering. The remains will be preserved for posterity.
      • Heather 3 mths ago
        Why would they? They had it in captivity. They could just wait until it died a natural death.
    • Spatz  •  2 mths ago
      Tree frogs tend to be beautiful in color. I wonder what this one looked like. Leave it to Yahoo to post the useless pictures but never the good ones.
    • Lordh  •  Elmhurst, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      There's only two left and they killed one? Couldn't they make them reproduce?
      • Dominic 3 mths ago
        Both are males
      • Lordh 3 mths ago
        #$%$ lol
      • Patricia 3 mths ago
        gay frogs should be allowed to have kids if they want to!
    • BoredStiff  •  Elk Grove, California  •  3 mths ago
      Can't they clone it?
    • Shaman  •  2 mths ago
      I really do hope they can clone it.....On that glorious day it will be FROGS LEGS FOR EVERYONE!!!
      • Anne H 2 mths ago
        so in other words: you live to eat; instead of eating to live...a shame
    • bucfanlostiniowa  •  3 mths ago
      this is a much bigger tragedy than the death of whitney houston
    • oilfieldworker  •  3 mths ago
      Does anybody else have the feeling there are some misplaced priorities in our country?
    • Rob  •  3 mths ago
      This is Bush's fault!
      • Lordh 3 mths ago
        It's always Bush's fault!
    • Jasmine  •  3 mths ago
      The destruction of an entire species like this is an unforgivable crime against Nature. I hope humanity grows up before we do this to ourselves.
      • The Resurrectionist 3 mths ago
        Hell yeah, you tell that amphibian chytrid fungus! Give it what for! I'm sure humans created that fungus in a lab specifically to kill off this one species of treefrog though, right?
      • A Yahoo! User 2 mths ago
        Jasmine doesn't care, stop trying to confuse her with DETAILS.
    • Doomsday  •  3 mths ago
      All I can say is R.I.P....bit My little Friend.
    • White Knight  •  Phoenix, Arizona  •  3 mths ago
      well i hope they preserved the DNA correctly so they can clone the species and reintroduce it back into the evironment
    • abhorrent behavior  •  St Louis, Missouri  •  3 mths ago
      What they meant to say was they wanted to keep enough viable DNA so they can make a new one.
    • SBSP  •  2 mths ago
      Maybe they should have left it in Panama
    • Dave  •  Rockwood, Michigan  •  3 mths ago
      Things have been going extinct since the very start.
    • RoseA  •  Buffalo, New York  •  3 mths ago
      A picture of the frog would have been nice.
    • donna  •  Altoona, Pennsylvania  •  3 mths ago
      Well, a pic would have been nice- of the living frog, that is. : /
    • ChrisB  •  3 mths ago
      It had to be "euthanized " or "put down"? Sounds like they are talking about a horse. Hope they have other members of this species at other zoo's. Definately should freeze it for its DNA.
    • Anne H  •  Wallingford, Connecticut  •  3 mths ago
      what if this species of frog held the "cure for cancer ? now lost ??
    • wygent  •  3 mths ago
      No pics??? #$%$ Yahoo, you're useless!!!
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