The majority of these frog legs are imported from Bangladesh, Malaysia, India, and most recently Indonesia. Indonesia has become the largest supplier of frog legs to Europe. The main issue of this case is that the population density of bullfrogs has fallen drastically as a result of excessive exploitation. In satisfying the mainly French and Belgian appetite for frogs, Indonesia runs the risk of driving some of its frogs to extinction. This extinction can have many impacts on the environment.
Frogs play a vital role in eradicating insect pests in rice paddies.
The decline in frogs has resulted in an increase in the use of pesticides leading to an increase in pollution. Over the years, this issue has led to the suggestion that ecological necessity takes precedence over eating pleasures. The frog infested swamps of India, Bangladesh and Indonesia have become a battle ground between ecologists and epicurians, the former who like frogs in the mud and the latter who like them with white wine. Bullfrogs are hunted for the supposed culinary virtues of their meaty hind legs. The frogs' legs dished up in European restaurants are mostly imported from developing countries.