Appetite for frogs’ legs in France and Belgium ‘driving species to extinction’
by Arthur Neslen from Environment | The Guardian on (#60PK3)
Conservationists say exploitation of amphibians leading to depletion of native species abroad
A voracious appetite for frogs' legs among the French and Belgians is driving species in Indonesia, Turkey and Albania to the brink of extinction, according to a report.
Europe imports as many as 200 million mostly wild frogs every year, contributing to a serious depletion of native species abroad.
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