Video Reveals Frogs Sold at Wholesale Market Still Conscious and Breathing After Being Sliced Open

Pathum Thani — New undercover footage that PETA released yesterday exposes widespread abuse and neglect of frogs in Thailand’s frog-legs industry. At one Pathum Thani market, at least 100 conscious frogs were sliced open—with no sedation or pain relief—and displayed on their backs with their organs exposed out from their abdomens. Some of their legs were moving from side to side, and others’ necks were moving up and down—a sign that they were still alive and breathing.

PETA’s investigators also documented that live frogs were bound for slaughter and export, crammed into severely crowded plastic bags filled with water and ice, with little access to air. As the frogs scrambled over each other in a desperate attempt to reach the top of the bag, the investigator asked the worker, “They will be alive the whole time?” The worker responded, “Yes, still alive … and you cut the stomach, and then put the legs together.” On a different farm, PETA’s investigator found a dead frog covered in bugs among several other frogs in a concrete tub of murky water.

Frogs crammed into a sealed bag filled with water and ice

“Frogs are fascinating individuals who can feel pain, joy, and fear, but in Thailand’s frog-meat industry, they’re left to languish in tightly packed plastic bags before they’re chopped apart while they’re still alive,” says PETA President Jason Baker. “PETA urges everyone to help stop this cycle of cruelty and violence by never eating frogs.”

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat or abuse in any other way”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone. For more information, please visit PETAAsia.com or follow PETA Thai on Facebook, or Instagram.

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