Billions of frogs are consumed globally annually, sourced from both wild capture and intensive farming — with welfare standards essentially absent in most producing and consuming countries.
Frog welfare receives almost no regulatory or consumer attention despite involving billions of animals. Farmed frogs are held at extreme densities with no enrichment, minimal nutrition monitoring, and essentially no welfare standards in any major producing country. Wild capture drives population declines and subjects animals to traumatic collection methods. The scale of frog use in food, traditional medicine, and laboratory settings demands urgent welfare framework development.