Oakland Zoo sends 33 threatened frogs into wild with goal to repopulate species

by Keith Burbank, Bay City News July 31, 2021July 30, 2021

A conservation biologist at Oakland Zoo’s Biodiversity Center works with one of 33 Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs that were flown by helicopter Wednesday to release sites in Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks. The frogs' population has been declining due to disease and predators, and zoo officials hope their release in the wild will help reestablish the species. (Photo courtesy of Oakland Zoo)

Thirty-three Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs leapt into the wild Wednesday and Oakland Zoo officials hope they will help restabilize their species.

Frogs and other amphibians are being decimated across the world due to disease.

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Keith Burbank, Bay City News

Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.

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