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Stop
the Swap!
Froglife advise that you do not donate
your frogspawn to other gardeners, or
collect frogspawn to deposit in your own
garden pond. The advice is given to help
national efforts to stop the spread of invasive
pond plants, animals and amphibian disease.
In nearly all cases, amphibians will turn up
of their own accord, often breeding in
the first pond year.
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Pond skater
(Photo: Dorling Kindersley)
Debbie Armstrong
Transferring animals:
Moving animals (or their spawn!) is
generally to be avoided. Even if the pond
you have in mind is a good quality, well-
established pond there is still risk that
you may accidentally introduce disease
or undesirable animals or plant life (see
Ponds and the Law, page 30).