I’ve never tried frog legs and I’ve never seen their appeal. What might be considered ‘haute cuisine’ seems rather disgusting to me. Food preferences aside, a new study suggests that the global trade in frog legs for human consumption is threatening their extinction.
An international team of researchers said the decline of wild populations of frogs appears to be following the same path as the over-exploitation of the seas, which led to fisheries collapsing around the world.
Ecologist Professor Corey Bradshaw was keen to point out the French were not the only ones to blame.
‘Frogs legs are on the menu at school cafeterias in Europe, market stalls and dinner tables across Asia to high end restaurants throughout the world,’ the University of Adelaide scientists said.
‘Amphibians are already the most threatened animal group yet assessed because of disease, habitat loss and climate change – man’s massive appetite for their legs is not helping.’
I cannot possibly image what would urge you to have frog legs for dinner. Before you decide on trying them yourself, check out how frog legs are harvested! If you have a slight sense of humanity, you wouldn’t even think about trying to eat the cute things.
