Blog
9. October 2025
Citizen conservation against bans on keeping dangerous animals
In North Rhine-Westphalia, the restrictive Dangerous Animals Act is to be extended or even tightened. Citizen Conservation opposes this in the interests of species, animal and public protection.
News from the Citizen Conservation Blog
22. November 2021
Biannual report 2 / 2021 – status update
The growth continues: Citizen Conservation was able to expand its animal population again in the period of April to October 2021.
8. June 2021
A pastor as toad conservationist
Ole Dost - a Protestand pastor and biologist - became a toad conservationist on a bike tour in Mallorca: in the course of saving a critically endangered toad.
22. May 2021
Biannual report 1 / 2021 – status update
A second six months under the Corona crisis – a species conservation program is suffering from lockdowns, too.
4. May 2021
Death in the forest – our fire salamander documentary
A tragedy is also happening in our native hardwood forests. An introduced fungal disease is killing all fire salamanders that cross its path. Our fire salamander movie about the fungal disease
22. November 2020
Biannual report 2 / 2020 – status update
Looking back at 2020, you can see: This is working! Not only did some animals already reach sexual maturity, but they’ve even had offspring.
22. May 2020
Biannual report 1 / 2020 – status update
A year and a half ago, we started developing our conservation breeding program using amphibians as an example. This included everything that belongs in a pilot phase:







