Ex Situ Conservation of Imperiled Amphibians in AZA Institutions ! Thanks Val Hornyak Dr. Joe Mendelson III Dr. Kevin Zippel Tom Weaver Andy Odum Dr. Steve Reichling What is ex situ conservation? San Antonio Zoo Detroit NACC in situ conservation  Highest priority  Fails to protect against some threats ex situ conservation  When in situ is too slow or ineffective  Buying time for species that would otherwise become extinct  Coupled with an obligation to deliver in situ threat mitigation  Success = end of captive program  Politics, expense, biosecurity, inbreeding/artificial selection  The only hope for ~500 species  Where do all of these animals go? Who takes care of them?