The popularity of the famous French delicacy of cuisses de grenouille, or frogs legs, is threatening the existence of certain frog species, a group of more than 500 environmental campaigners has warned French President Emmanuel Macron.
Up to 200 million frogs are slaughtered annually to feed the continent s appetite for the amphibians, and France has a "particular responsibility" to limit the damage, a group of vets, researchers and conservationists have said.
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BANDUNG, Indonesia Nearly 50 years have passed since Djoko Tjahjono Iskandar began his early scientific expeditions to uncover new species hidden across Indonesia. In that time, Djoko has described several of the 400 species of frogs so far cataloged in the world’s largest archipelagic country. “Ever since I began my research in 1975, I […]