Shard,

The frogs bred for consumption are typically bull frogs or pig frogs. These are not the endangered frogs. Endangered frogs are tiny, their entire body weight is probably less than a single leg of a bull frog and its not commercially viable.

The endangered frogs are native to places like South America, where they are suffering from a loss of habitat and from chemical pesticide/herbicide run off from farms that are killing them off. In other regions they also suffer from light pollution.

I doubt its that the French are to blame, especially when east asia has a huge consumption of frog legs

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • world@lemmy.world
  • fightinggames
  • All magazines