Exotic Salamanders Could Carry Deadly Disease
Eastern newt photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons/Patrick Coin
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015. The Center for Biological Diversity and Save the Frogs today filed a formal petitionto the Interior secretary seeking an emergency moratorium on the import of salamanders for the pet trade to prevent introduction of the deadly fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) into the United States. Bsal is a highly virulent pathogen from Asia spreading through the salamander pet trade…
