consumption of frog legs harmful

“It’s unlike anything I’ve ever eaten. It’s really unique like taste“testifies an American tourist. Passing through France, she has just tasted frog legs. This traditional dish of French customers is still consumed. But this consumption is considered problematic according to some environmentalists. Most frog legs consumed in France are imported: they come from Turkey, where they are on the verge of extinction, from Vietnam and especially from Indonesia.

In Indonesia, their massive capture from the wild has desirous effects on the environment. “Frogs are very large consumers of insects, in particular crop pest insects but also of music, which are vectors for the spread of disease, so countries are seeing an increasing use of toxic pesticides to compensate for the absence frogs“, believes Charlotte Nithartspokesperson for the Robin Hood association. The associations are therefore calling for stricter control or even a cessation of exports of certain endangered species.