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Wild Fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) on a plastic tray with damp leaves, part of a program to capture the last wild population in the Netherlands and keep it safe in GaiaZOO to prevent infection from a deadly fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. The Netherlands, March 2014. Head of animal care at GaiaZOO, Bas Martens in the background, checking on other animals. Model released.