Until it outlawed frog exports in 1987, India was France's biggest supplier. India banned the trade not only due to the exposure of the cruelty, but also because the cost of importing pesticides was greater than the export earnings of frogs' legs. When the ecological damage became apparent, however, the government imposed a 2,800-ton maximum and ordered the frogs be electrically stunned before execution. In 1989, Bangladesh imposed a temporary ban which lasted until 1992. In both countries however, there has been poaching and illegal trade.
Frogs are one illustration of the issues involved in world trade.
Indonesia has also been urged to place a ban on the frog trade for the amphibians are now regarded as playing an essential role in the ecological control of pests. However, Indonesia's President Suharto has been urging an expansion of his country's frog legs industry in order to increase earnings of non-oil exports. Ilinca Bazilescu B. Legal Clusters 5. A total ban has also been suggested on the use of frog legs as an exotic food. Organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund, the Asia-Pacific People's Environment Network , the German Animal Protection Society, and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization have established that the wild frog population in Asia, specifically Indonesia, is seriously endangered.