This Simple Invention Is Saving So Many Animals

Rich Mason, a wildlife researcher in Maryland, received a worried call from a buddy who had recently erected a pool in his yard in 2004.

Mason told The Dodo, “Because I’m a wildlife scientist, I’m the one who gets contacted when friends have snakes in their garage, and that type of thing.” “Every day, this buddy was removing dead frogs from their pool… “I was taken aback.”

Even Mason had no idea how dangerous pools might be for frogs. He explained, “I started doing some research.” Mason discovered numerous pool owners seeking help on how to prevent frogs and other creatures from drowning in their pools on the internet. The frogs appeared to be able to readily jump in and swim around, but they couldn’t get out. “However, there was no serious investigation on this… I was rather taken aback.”

People have also discovered mice and chipmunks drowning in their swimming pools. “Just about any animal walking in a suburban area may end up in a pool at some point,” Mason said.

Mason discovered that there are millions of pools in the United States, with an estimated 100,000 new pools being added each year. That’s a lot of small wild lives that might be lost.

So Mason decided to take action: “OK, let’s see if we can come up with anything to remedy this problem,” he says. With some waste foam in hand, he went to his garage and pulled up his sewing machine.

He constructed a first model and had his pals test it. Then there was another. Then there was another. Mason explained, “I bought additional foam and created more gadgets and gathered feedback from other folks.” “It was all about helping animals,” says the narrator.

Because most frogs and fauna are more active at night, the best way to know if the early FrogLog was working was to look for any little bodies in the mornings — and the pools were becoming increasingly clear.

Mason began producing a few hundred of these gadgets each year in his garage for customers who wished to save animals from their swimming pools. FrogLog eventually became more official, allowing it to assist creatures all around the world.

And it’s a hit among animal lovers. “The good news is that we’ve had a lot of positive reaction from individuals, including some extremely impassioned emails proclaiming this to be the finest thing since sliced bread,” Mason added.

A Connecticut resident stated, “It was such a comfort not to see dead frogs in the pool’s filter basket or floating on the top.” “I also had a resident bullfrog that lived happily in the pool, would rest on the FrogLog, and use it to enter and exit the water anytime he pleased.”

A FrogLog fan recently noticed newly hatched ducklings enjoying FrogLog as a resting spot.

One lady from Ontario said, “I had my reservations when my husband purchased this, but then I observed a tiny Eastern fox snake utilize it to get out of our pool.” This snake belongs to a threatened species.”

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