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obody ever really thinks about how swimming pools might affect frogs,
toads, snakes, squirrels, mice and other small critters. Rich Mason, owner of
Crownsville, Md.-based FrogLog®, didn't give it much thought either. However,
when a friend reached out to him upset about all the frogs that were dying in
his recently built swimming pool, Mason, who is also a wildlife biologist, became alarmed.
"Nearly every day, between one and several frogs and toads were removed from their
pool," recalls Mason, noting that the pool was on a heavily wooded lot. "Some were alive,
but others were dead in the skimmer basket. One morning, after a warm and rainy night,
53 frogs and toads were found in the pool."

ABOVE: Frogs may be able to
swim, but climbing out of a pool
is another matter entirely. Unless
provided with an exit, frogs will
circle the pool's edges until they
either drown from exhaustion or
get swept up in the skimmer. The
FrogLog offers a means of escape.
AT RIGHT: Tired of swimming,
mallard ducklings crowd together,
resting on the FrogLog platform.
When pool time is over, they can
waddle away by simply climbing
up the rubberized mesh ramp.
Photos: FrogLog.

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In talking with other pool owners,
Mason discovered this was a regularly
occurring problem. Determined to stop the
watery carnage but finding no satisfactory
options on the market, he developed his
own solution, launching FrogLog (both
the company and the product) in 2005.
FrogLog in no way resembles a log.
Instead, it's designed as a half-circle-shaped
floating platform consisting of a nylon
polyester cover with PU coating, enclosing
a PVC bladder. A rubberized mesh skirt
encircles the platform; a mesh tether
anchors it to the side of the pool and serves
as an escape ramp ("anchors" is a misnomer,
since the FrogLog is easily moved).
When animals fall into a pool, they
automatically swim to the sides seeking a
way out, Mason explains. Most times, they
won't be able to climb up the pool wall and
escape, instead drowning or getting sucked
into the skimmer basket. The FrogLog
helps them avoid this fate; the animal
circles the sides of the pool, bumps into
it, climbs onto the platform via the mesh
skirt, and makes a quick exit.
As soon as FrogLog became available,
demand grew and continues to climb.
Mason projects that by the end of 2019
more than 200,000 units will have sold,
saving millions of animals in 30 countries.
Mason's invention was inspired
by his desire to help animals. Other
manufacturers of products that protect



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