Frog Lovers Protest Uncle Julio's in Boca Raton for Serving Frog Legs

•  Ignorance is ignorant.  Firstly, Uncle Julio's has 16 locations, not 5, in 6 different states & the protests have been at various locations, not one.  Secondly, it is entirely rational to ask a business that is contributing to a global environmental crisis to stop its destructive practice(s).  Other businesses (store & restaurants) have pulled frogs & frog legs from their menus & inventories upon finding out what they're contributing to.  The reason behind the protests is much more complicated than what is written.  The extinction of 200 amphibian species just in the past few decades vs. the standard extinction rate of 1 species of every 250 yrs., speaks to that & volumes more.  Please educate yourselves. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/frogs-the-thin-green-line/video-full-episode/4882/

• These kids are onto something. A 2009 study published in BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION reported that, of the market bullfrogs they necropsied, 62% tested positive for the dreaded chytrid fungus, which is thought to be responsible for the extinctions of nearly 200 amphibian species worldwide in recent years. California annually imports some TWO MILLION American bullfrogs (commercially-raised in Taiwan) for human consumption, along with an estimated 300,000-400,000 freshwater turtles, all taken from the wild (many of them from Florida), depleting local populations. Like shark fin soup, this is a horrendously cruel and unsustainable commerce, and should be banned immediately.  We're on the verge of losing two groups of animals (frogs and turtles) for the very worst of reasons:  gastronomics. Sincerely, Eric Mills, coordinator ACTION FOR ANIMALS Oakland, CA

• Break out the rubber bullets. An entire generation of (unemployed) idiots is descending upon us.

• C'mon, Save the Frogs?  Save some for me, yum!  Can't we just have these wacko enviro organo nutjobs deep fried and served up with some hot sauce?

• This is just plain ignorant. These people need to be slapped upside their head with a flying frog.

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