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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tongue Flicker" data-source="post: 24023" data-attributes="member: 1055">I must say, conservation in my 2 adoptive countries; namely Bahrain & The Philippines has been good so far. There are no native amphibians or tortoises in Bahrain and the arrival of european marsh frogs and hermann's tortoise had a very devastating effect on the native beetle, slug and cactus species. After 4 decades, the tortoises became virtually extinct for some reason and the marsh frogs are now actually a protected species due to drying ponds and marshes. (There are no natural bodies of freshwater in Bahrain).The Philippines has a great wildlife conservation law but implementation sucks. The pangolins, white tree squirrels, leaf turtles, philippine porcupines, sea turtles, sailfin lizards, flying lemurs and native tarantula species are still being smuggled out of the coutry in great numbers. Sad.Closing the mountains, waterfalls, streams and some nature reserves to the public has proved to be effective in increasing threatened animal numbers back in the wild</blockquote>