And it’s been supported by the Chicago Zoological Society through the Conservation Breeding Specialist Group. And, as I say, about a hundred species in such circumstances now, but 400 more at least need to be. And of the some 6,000 plus species of salamanders, caecilians, and frogs and toads, at least a third are right now endangered. And perhaps if we knew enough, we’d consider half of that class is in danger of extinction right now. So it’s a major problem. It’s one where zoos can devote resources and should, and several zoos have done so, and also other facilities such as the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Universidad Catolica in Quito, Ecuador. There’s several biosecure facilities, because you have to have standards that are sufficient to keep out the disease organisms, especially this chytrid fungus, which has certainly devastated amphibians as we know it and especially in the last a couple of decades, a hundred species have gone. There’s so many issues to be considered.
