{"id":109643,"date":"2024-01-26T10:01:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T09:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/?p=109643"},"modified":"2024-10-25T11:10:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T10:10:57","slug":"cuisses-de-grenouilles-courrier-de-42-ong-aux-ministres-europeens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/cuisses-de-grenouilles-courrier-de-42-ong-aux-ministres-europeens\/","title":{"rendered":"Frogs&#8217; legs: letter from 42 NGOs to European ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the initiative of Robin des Bois and Pro Wildlife, 42 NGOs*, including 18 French ones, yesterday wrote to the environment ministers of the 27 EU Member States asking them to put an end to uncontrolled imports of frogs&#8217; legs and to propose, at the next Conference of the Parties to CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) in 2025, the inclusion in Appendix II of frog species whose legs are imported into Europe for culinary purposes. Appendix II enables control of international trade. The NGOs are also calling for imports to be suspended because of the unacceptable and cruel killing methods used. The letter sent is available by <a href=\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sign-on-letter-ngos_frogs-legs_Jan-2024-sans-titre.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clicking on the link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>* Robin des Bois, France<br \/>\nPro Wildlife, Germany<br \/>\nAnimals Asia, Hong Kong<br \/>\nAnimal Cross, France<br \/>\nAnimal Defenders International<br \/>\nAnimal Friends Croatia<br \/>\nAnimal Protection Agency, United Kingdom<br \/>\nAnimal Welfare Institute, USA<br \/>\nASPAS (Association pour la Protection des Animaux Sauvages), France<br \/>\nAVES (Agir pour le Vivant et les Esp\u00e8ces Sauvages), France<br \/>\nBorn Free Foundation, United Kingdom<br \/>\nCATCA Environmental and Wildlife Society, Canada<br \/>\nCode Animal, France<br \/>\nDefenders of Wildlife, USA<br \/>\nDeutsche Juristische Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Tierschutzrecht, Germany<br \/>\nEesti Loomakaitse Selts, Estonia<br \/>\nElephant Reintegration Trust, South Africa<br \/>\nEurogroup for Animal Welfare, Belgium<br \/>\nFAADA (Fundaci\u00f3n para el Asesoramineto y Acci\u00f3n en Defensa de los Animales), Spain<br \/>\nFondation Brigitte Bardot, France<br \/>\nFondation Franz Weber, Switzerland<br \/>\nFour Paws, Germany<br \/>\nFrance Nature Environnement, France<br \/>\nFrance Nature Environnement Bourgogne-Franche-Comt\u00e9, France<br \/>\nFrance Nature Environnement Territoire de Belfort, France<br \/>\nHumane Society International \/ Europe, Belgium<br \/>\nIFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare), France<br \/>\nLAV (Lega Anti Vivisezione), Italy<br \/>\nLPO (Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux), France<br \/>\nL214, France<br \/>\nNo\u00e9, France<br \/>\nOne Voice, France<br \/>\nPAZ (Paris Animaux Zoopolis), France<br \/>\nPETA Germany<br \/>\nRenctas, Brazil<br \/>\n&#8220;Salamandra&#8221;, Polish Society for Nature Conservation, Poland<br \/>\nSecret Bay Project Society, Canada<br \/>\nSNPN (Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Nationale de Protection de la Nature), France<br \/>\nSoci\u00e9t\u00e9 Herp\u00e9tologique de France, France<br \/>\nSpecies Survival Network, international<br \/>\nV\u00e9t\u00e9rinaires pour la Biodiversit\u00e9, France<br \/>\nWild Animal Protection Forum (for its 28 member organisations), South Africa<\/p>\n<p>After the letter was sent to the ministers, the Albert Schweitzer Foundation (Germany), the Animal Welfare Foundation (Germany), C&#8217;est Assez ! (France) and GAIA (Belgium) joined in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Limnonectes-gyldenstolpei-credit-dennisfarrell-copie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-109644\" src=\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Limnonectes-gyldenstolpei-credit-dennisfarrell-copie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Limnonectes-gyldenstolpei-credit-dennisfarrell-copie.jpg 600w, https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Limnonectes-gyldenstolpei-credit-dennisfarrell-copie-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Limnonectes-gyldenstolpei-credit-dennisfarrell-copie-140x94.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Limnonectes gyldenstolpei\u00a0<\/em>\u00a9 dennisfarrell<\/p>\n<p>***********************<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Report &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prowildlife.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/deadly-dish-frogs-legs-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Deadly Dish &#8211; role and responsibility of the European Union in the international frogs&#8217; legs trade<\/a>&#8221; (June 2022, pdf, English).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Extraits-Deadly-dish-Grenouilles-ProWildlife-robindesbois.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The case of France<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; Extract from the report (in French, pdf).<\/li>\n<li>Study (2023): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2673-7159\/3\/1\/4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The European Market Remains the Largest Consumer of Frogs\u2019 Legs from Wild Species<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Study from Turkey (2020): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/oryx\/article\/unsustainable-harvest-of-water-frogs-in-southern-turkey-for-the-european-market\/5DCFB7A02E81FE030C2A7198FDBE74A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Unsustainable harvest of water frogs in southern Turkey for the European market<\/a> (Cambridge University Press).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/pour-un-reveillon-sans-extinction-la-grenouille-dans-votre-assiette\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For a Chrismas eve without extinction: \u201cThe frog on your Christmas plate\u2026\u201d,<\/a> (December 4, 2023) press release<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/foire-aux-grenouilles-a-vittel-fast-food-fast-extinction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cFrog Fair\u201d in Vittel: Fast Food, Fast Extinction<\/a>, (April 17, 2023) press release.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the initiative of Robin des Bois and Pro Wildlife, 42 NGOs*, including 18 French ones, yesterday wrote to the environment ministers of the 27 EU Member States asking them to put an end to uncontrolled imports of frogs&#8217; legs and to propose, at the next Conference of the Parties to CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) in 2025, the inclusion in Appendix II of frog species whose legs are imported into Europe for culinary purposes. Appendix II enables control of international trade. The NGOs are also calling for imports to be suspended because of the unacceptable and cruel killing methods used. The letter sent is available by clicking on the link. * Robin des Bois, France Pro Wildlife, Germany Animals Asia, Hong Kong Animal Cross, France Animal Defenders International Animal Friends Croatia Animal Protection Agency, United Kingdom Animal Welfare Institute, USA ASPAS (Association pour la Protection des Animaux Sauvages), France AVES (Agir pour le Vivant et les Esp\u00e8ces Sauvages), France Born Free Foundation, United Kingdom CATCA Environmental and Wildlife Society, Canada Code Animal, France Defenders of Wildlife, USA Deutsche Juristische Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Tierschutzrecht, Germany Eesti Loomakaitse Selts, Estonia Elephant Reintegration Trust, South Africa Eurogroup for Animal Welfare, Belgium FAADA (Fundaci\u00f3n para el Asesoramineto y Acci\u00f3n en Defensa de los Animales), Spain Fondation Brigitte Bardot, France Fondation Franz Weber, Switzerland Four Paws, Germany France Nature Environnement, France France Nature Environnement Bourgogne-Franche-Comt\u00e9, France France Nature Environnement Territoire de Belfort, France Humane Society International \/ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pillage-et-commerce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109643"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109648,"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109643\/revisions\/109648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robindesbois.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}