Mountain Chicken awareness hike on Saturday

Handing over of the shirts to Luke Harding of the Mountain Chicken Project
Handing over of the shirts to Luke Harding of the Mountain Chicken Project

As efforts continue to protect the Mountain Chicken in Dominica a number of local companies have decided to give a helping hand.

MG Concrete Tools Rental, BrightLight Marketing, DEPEX Colour Lab and Books Plus have supplied 50 shirts with print for a Mountain Chicken Hike carded for Saturday from Bellevue Chopin to Soufriere Hot water.

The hike forms part of an overall campaign to protect the amphibians and create an awareness of the Mountain Chicken Project.

The project began in 2005 under the auspices of the Forestry, Wildlife and Parks Division in collaboration with the Zoo-ology society of London with grant funding by Darwin Initiative.

The Mountain Chicken or Crapaud, is facing serious survival challenges since the arrival on the island of a deadly fungal disease called the amphibian chytrid in 2003.

The design of the shirts
The design of the shirts

Eighty percent of the species was wiped out by the disease within 18 months.

The project is aimed at ensuring the long term future survival of the Crapaud in Dominica. This is being done through captive breeding, monitoring the remaining wild populations of Crapaud and other amphibians and ultimately reintroduction of the captive Crapaud back into the wild.

Those wishing to participate are asked to gather at the Botanical Gardens at the parrot area from 6:30 a.m. where transportation will be provided to Bellevue Chopin, and from Soufriere back to Roseau.

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7 Comments

  1. long snake
    September 2, 2013

    Good job. Continue the great work. Hats off to DNO for sharing that story

  2. Kjell Strindholm
    September 1, 2013

    I hope these efforts will provide effect.

  3. September 1, 2013

    So you mean i working with the ministry and is on the news i have to read/hear about that? Yessa my colleagues…. any it is still a good initiative.

  4. Anonymous
    August 31, 2013

    Protecting my dinner

  5. "O" STRESS"
    August 31, 2013

    Great initiative, stuff like that goes under the raider. Good luck going forward. if politics was mentioned we would receive thousands of comments. Mine is enough. Happy to those who read the none political headlines.

  6. Nathaniel
    August 31, 2013

    Very good initiative.

  7. August 30, 2013

    come on….don’t trick the wildlife:. 6:30 am….is hot sun….the crapuads will be in their holes

    try segment 1 instead and at 5 pm to 7:30 pm starting at scot head. then end at Soufriere sulphur springs (take a bath too). …….guarantee you , a few mountain chickens.

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