Animal Testing : Frogs

Frog legs are a delicacy in countries like France and Belgium. Most frog legs come from Asian bullfrogs, imported from countries like Indonesia, China and Vietnam. Some of the imports consist of live frogs, but for the most part it's just the legs. The legs are usually cut off while the frogs are still alive. The rest of their bodies are then tossed aside and left to slowly die.

Besides being eaten, frogs are also used in classrooms for dissection. Below college level, they are the most commonly dissected animals, so I think that this is the right place to take a closer look at dissection.

Medical Use and Testing - Frogs

Dissection is the practice of cutting up an animal into several parts for scientific examination. Besides frogs, other animals used for dissection include cats, dogs, rabbits, fetal pigs, mice, fishes, pigeons, foxes, mink, snakes, salamanders, grasshoppers, squid, rats and worms. Most animals are taken from the wild. Animals like fetal pigs are taken from pregnant sows at slaughterhouses. Other common suppliers of animals in experiments are biological supply facilities.

Classroom dissection desensitizes students to the sanctity of life and can even cause some students to inflict harm on animals elsewhere. They are completely useless to students who aren't interested in a career in science and can be replaced by sophisticated alternatives, like computer programs, for students who are.

Please check out the following links for more information:

Cut Out Dissection by PETA Kids
Cut Out Dissection by CollegeActivist.com (PETA)
Alternatives to Dissection by the Animal Protection Institute.

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