Big or small, all wildlife deserves to be saved. India's Railway Protection Force just gave 450 frogs a second shot at life after a surprise discovery during a bag check.
According to Northeast Today, RPF officers discovered three unclaimed bags near the first platform of the Silchar Railway Station. To their surprise, approximately 150 frogs were crammed into each bag. Fortunately, all frogs were alive and unharmed.
The RPF officers immediately contacted wildlife authorities and turned over the frogs to the Barak Valley Wildlife Division, where they could be safely rehabilitated.
"This incident reflects our commitment to ecological protection," Kishore Sharma, chief public relations officer of NF Railway, told Northeast Today. "Northeast Frontier Railway will continue such vigilant drives and work closely with environmental authorities to uphold our responsibility towards nature."
The RPF is not unfamiliar with rescues like this. In 2023, for instance, India Today NE reported how the RPF successfully rescued 74 endangered tortoises being transported illegally on the Kanchanjunga Express.
Around the world, other organizations are also stepping up to protect wildlife. In Costa Rica, The Sloth Institute released Benedict, the now popular three-fingered sloth, into the wild after six months of rehabilitation.
Conservation efforts at the Shamwari Private Game Reserve in South Africa led to the reintroduction of Cape vultures into the area.
Elsewhere, London-based conservationists launched an emergency rescue mission to save 53 Darwin's frogs from a deadly chytrid fungus in Chile.
By working to protect wildlife and ensure that species don't dwindle into extinction, conservationists help to foster biodiversity. In turn, biodiversity ensures that the world's natural functions can operate in balance, from the water cycle to air filtration, the food chain, and carbon sequestration.
Individuals can take steps to protect biodiversity by taking local climate action, donating to climate causes, and participating in community-based environmental initiatives.
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