Environmental Problem: Frog Legs
France consumes 4,000 tonnes of frog legs annually. The majority comes from wild animal populations and endangers amphibian populations worldwide.
4’000 Tonnes of Frog Legs per Year
Approximately 4’000 tonnes of frog legs are consumed in France each year. In France itself, the edible frog species have been protected for decades. Around 2’800 tonnes are imported from abroad, primarily from Indonesia.
Frogs are Natural Insecticides
«Frogs are natural insecticides. Without them, we would have to use more chemicals,» explains amphibian expert Ganjar Cahyadi. Entire species could be wiped out by recreational hunters before they are even described by scientists. More on the topic of Species Protection, Biodiversity and Animal Rights.
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More on the subject of recreational hunting: In our dossiers on the criticism of recreational hunting gather fact-checks, analyses and background reports. The scientific evidence is presented in the overview Studies on the Effects of Recreational Hunting.
The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
