‘Frog lady’ Xiao Su Shu-zhen strives for tree frog conservation

In Taipei’s Zhoneqiang Park (中強公園), ‘frog lady’ Xiao Su Shu-zhen (蕭蘇淑貞) is the driving force behind conservation of the Taipei tree frog.  She said that following the building of Xinyi Expressway and Xinyi MRT Line, Taipei tree frogs in the local area have become extremely rare. In order to provide Taipei tree frogs with an ideal habitat, the frog lady has personally spent hundreds of US dollars in hiring excavators to dig an ecological pond.

However, the frog lady’s passion for saving the tree frog has been misunderstood by some local residents who accused her of raising frogs to sell to local restaurants under the pretext of ‘conservation’ - despite this attack on her reputation, she has pressed on with determination. Having formerly held the position of director general at the local community development association, the frog lady has been successful in enlisting many friends from the community into her conservation ranks, further helping in the tree frog conservation struggle. She hopes that many more people will listen to her story and continue with the tree frog conservation work that she has started. 

‘Frog lady’ Xiao Su Shu-zhen strives for tree frog conservation
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