Canada First Protected Species Extinct: 50% Wetland Loss Blamed

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The Blanchard's Cricket Frog could fit on your thumb, but hasn't been heard in Canada since 1977

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Its distinctive call sounds like 'shaking a bag of marbles' - a sound now silent in Canadian wetlands

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Pelee Island's last confirmed sighting marked the beginning of a 47-year disappearance

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Federal scientists officially declared it extirpated in 2024 - gone from Canada but surviving in US states

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Prime Minister Carney's Bill C-5 now fast-tracks projects that could bypass environmental protections

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Ontario's Bill 5 completely overhauls endangered species laws while wetland habitat shrinks from 50% to 6%

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Fertilizers, pesticides, and habitat destruction drove this species to local extinction

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Two endangered salamanders on the same island now face identical threats

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Conservationists warn: without habitat protection, more tiny species will vanish before we notice

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