Puerto Rican crested toad tadpoles at Brookfield Zoo Chicago (IMAGE)

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Puerto Rican crested toad tadpoles at Brookfield Zoo Chicago

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Months of meticulous care and coordination enabled Brookfield Zoo Chicago to successfully breed and raise 12,244 Puerto Rican crested toad tadpoles for wild release. This marks Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s largest tadpole count from a single breeding cycle.

Over the last decade, the Zoo has contributed nearly 40,000 Puerto Rican crested toad tadpoles to island-wide recovery efforts led by the Puerto Rican Crested Toad Conservancy (PRCTC) in partnership with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DRNA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and 16 accredited zoos and aquariums.

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