Quote Originally Posted by d_virginiana View Post
Yeah, that's my main problem with it. Like I said before, I know it's a bit hypocritical since the products I do consume cause just as much if not more harm to the environment, but I can only pick certain things to protest, especially on a student budget (heck, I'd be vegetarian if I weren't allergic to milk, eggs, and soy ). I think what bothers me about it is that oftentimes those aren't well-defined 'farms'. More like an area of natural wetland purposely seeded with invasive species. That's just one of my personal pet-peeves because I've spent the last four years researching the effects of invasive species that are brought in and 'farmed' like that.

All the bullfrog tads I've raised have thrived as well. What I was saying is that they seem like a species that would be cheaper to set loose and then harvest than actually invest the money to GROW to marketable size, which is why they 'farm' them that way.

I see. Yeah, "transplanted" bullfrogs have done much damage in the western U.S.
Virtually every wetland I visit in the pacific northwest while looking for concinnus' are infested with bullfrogs. While the snakes do thrive by eating them, the bullfrogs displace and prey on native frogs and turtles. Bullfrogs alone have nearly wiped out the native red-legged frog. I rarely find those anymore. They also prey on baby western pond turtles which are also in trouble.

And, I have to say, bullfrog legs really aren't that tasty. I don't dislike them but they surely don't thrill me. They really don't taste all that great to me. Still, once in a while I find them dirt cheap and buy them for my snakes. They love 'em.