The French really like frog legs. So much, in fact, that one species of frog is on the brink of extinction now.
A popular French delicacy may very well be driving some species to extinction. The delicacy in question? frog legs. Now, a group of more than 500 environmental campaigners have issued a warning to French President Emmanual Macron. According to an open letter sent to the French President this month, environmental campaigners claim that more than 4,070 tons of frozen frog legs have been imported into the European Union every year.
The environmental impact of the French's appetite for this strange delicacy is causing several common species of frog to decline in numbers, the letter claims. The affected species include the rice-field frog as well as the crab-eating frog. What's most intriguing about this issue is that frog populations native to the European Union are actually protected against 'commercial exploitation.' But, that protection doesn't extend to species not native to the region.
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