Store-bought Frozen Frog Legs?

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

If we want to delve into morals here... Let's not forget to mention the way the fish we can buy at the store to feed our garters are processed... They are treated equally rough... chopped into bits while still alive and aware. And the chicken you buy at the super market was so weighed down by its own muscles it could not walk long before having to sit down, it never saw the light of day, it was thrown, kicked, strung up on a conveyor belt and had it's throat slit by a machine, but not before it had to watch all the ones in front of it suffer this fate first. Same for cows... And The ones that are too sick to walk anymore because they are fed corn instead of grass and have to wade around knee deep in their own filth are shoved to slaughter with a forklift or bulldozer. this all takes place right here in our own country. In fact, those are the industry standards! It's important to take that into account and to be aware of it. We can't protest rattlesnake roundups when we take no issue in supporting these other causes. There is a reason many families hunt and fish for their own meats or will pay the small fortune to have an animal raised on a farm for them.... But then you get people like my mom... It's just horrible that my dad can shoot "Bambi" and she won't eat venison but she has no issue with ground beef. I am ranting, just a little.

[katach]

I would rather eat what my dad hunts. I much prefer that I know where it came from and how and why it was killed. My dad says a prayer whenever he has a successful hunt, and is always sure to thank the animal. He makes sure it is quickly killed so it doesn't suffer. I wish that all our meat was wild game.

[chris-uk]

Back to the frogs legs... I'd be reluctant to feed anything to my snakes when I wasn't comfortable that it wouldn't harm them. To me frogs legs imported from the Far East carry a risk, it may be my prejudice rather than any hard facts. I'd be concerned about parasites (maybe not an issue if they are frozen for a couple of months) and also bacteria from unhygienic packing process.

[PINJOHN]

have to agree with Shannon in the main, we are nearly all prepared to give not to much thought to some of the practices that occur on our own doorstep especially if we use the victims of the questionable practices, where i disagree is using rattle snake round ups as a comparison, there is nothing that can be put forward to justify the UNNECESSARY barbaric treatment of these snakes,the bottom line with farmed animals is their role in feeding the world,we may argue that the animals should be raised and dispatched in a much more appropriate manner, but using these animals for food can still be justified, this can not be said for rattle snake round ups , if the round ups stopped tomorrow would there be world famine or even local famine NO just a small group of people out of pocket, a substantial pressure lifted of a snake who is struggling for lots of other reasons anyway,and one less way for mankind to demonstrate its almost bottomless capacity for mindless cruelty, and that's not to mention a halt to the ludicrous misinformation given out at these monstrous occasions.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

have to agree with Shannon in the main, we are nearly all prepared to give not to much thought to some of the practices that occur on our own doorstep especially if we use the victims of the questionable practices, where i disagree is using rattle snake round ups as a comparison, there is nothing that can be put forward to justify the UNNECESSARY barbaric treatment of these snakes,the bottom line with farmed animals is their role in feeding the world,we may argue that the animals should be raised and dispatched in a much more appropriate manner, but using these animals for food can still be justified, this can not be said for rattle snake round ups , if the round ups stopped tomorrow would there be world famine or even local famine NO just a small group of people out of pocket, a substantial pressure lifted of a snake who is struggling for lots of other reasons anyway,and one less way for mankind to demonstrate its almost bottomless capacity for mindless cruelty, and that's not to mention a halt to the ludicrous misinformation given out at these monstrous occasions.

I DEFINITELY agree with you here and I think maybe what I said made it seem as though I compare the food industry to rattlesnake roundups. That is not at all true... rattlesnake roundups are NEEDLESS killing without any purpose other than "fun". There is NO excuse for such a barbaric act in modern times... none, and I in no way meant to imply that we should lump them together with animals slaughtered for food. merely was commenting on how we are so quick to jump when the cruelty involves herps but give little to no thought about the fates of MANY other species that are killed by the millions on a daily basis. No matter why they are killed, they are still treated and killed entirely inhumanely (not to mention the extremely unsanitary, deplorable conditions they are in before and after slaughter) and without any respect for the animal, whether it be a rattlesnake at a roundup or a pig on the kill floor. Nothing upsets me more than the needless killing that goes on at places such as rattlesnake roundups... or... have you ever been fishing and stumbled upon a "graveyard" of sunfish? A lot of people will catch a ton of sunfish and bluegill and kill them, smack them off rocks... just because, and leave the pile to lay and rot. Any time I have to take an animal's life I give thought to make sure I kill it as quickly and painlessly as possible, whether I am utilizing it as a feeder, eating it myself, or euthanizing it because it is suffering. I absolutely HATE breaking a trout's neck but it's much kinder than stringing it up on a ******** or waiting for it to suffocate in a bag.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

that's weird... why is the word s t r i n g e r censored? let me try it again... ********.

[guidofatherof5]

that's weird... why is the word s t r i n g e r censored? let me try it again... ********.

Maybe it was your tone of voice when you typed it

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

hahahaha.... that MUST be it!

[PINJOHN]

cant find a single word to disagree with Shannon we are in complete accord on this,
haven't come across any recent reports since you took on your gravid disposition [so to speak]

[BUSHSNAKE]

man i love frog legs...but my snakes, theyre vegaterians...thank god for that right?