Efforts to Save Dominica’s Crapaud Continue

The Forestry Wildlife and Parks Division continue to work on ensuring that the mountain chicken… what used to be Dominica’s National Dish does not become extinct.

A few years ago, the Mountain Chicken was threatened by a fungal disease which reduced the crapaud population in Dominica by about seventy percent (70%).

In response to this situation, the Government of Dominica, placed a ban on the hunting of the frog and established a bio technology lab at the Botanic Gardens to carefully study the frog in captivity.

Acting Director of Agriculture Ricky Brumant says much progress has been made. cont./

Courtesy of: Government Information Service