Frogs are widely traded for food, medicine, research, and as pets, with welfare concerns at all stages of the supply chain.
Frogs in commercial trade experience capture stress, inappropriate holding conditions causing desiccation and disease, and transport mortality. Live food frogs may be kept for extended periods without food or appropriate humidity. The chytrid fungal pathogen spread through global trade has caused the largest vertebrate extinction event recorded. Pet frogs without correct humidity and temperature conditions suffer chronic physiological stress.