{"id":1178625,"date":"2025-12-16T08:19:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/?post_type=feature&#038;p=1178625"},"modified":"2025-12-16T08:31:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:31:39","slug":"thailands-frog-meat-trade","status":"publish","type":"feature","link":"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/features\/thailands-frog-meat-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Suffocated in Plastic Bags: New Undercover Footage Exposes Thailand\u2019s Frog Meat Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-beyondwords-player\"><div data-beyondwords-player=\"true\" contenteditable=\"false\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Do you know what happens before frog legs reach the freezer aisle or bistro menu<\/em>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PETA Asia\u2019s new undercover footage from Thailand shows workers cramming frogs into plastic bags filled with ice-cold water, slowly suffocating them for up to 12 hours before slaughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At another location, even after workers cut open their bodies and removed their organs, some frogs were still breathing and their hearts were visibly beating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the investigator asked a worker, \u201cThey will be alive the whole time?\u201d The worker responded, \u201cYes, still alive \u2026 and you cut the stomach, and then put the legs together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the frog meat trade. And consumers like you may be unknowingly paying for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the footage now, and keep reading for what else PETA Asia\u2019s investigators uncovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-player\"><div class=\"widescreen-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"You\u2019ll Never Believe What They Do to Frogs with Just a Bag and Ice Water\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-xLtGvwzWKc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Else Did PETA Asia Undercover Investigators Find?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>PETA Asia investigators\u2019 new footage shows that after workers removed the frogs from the freezing cold bags, the frogs appeared <strong>dead or unconscious<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/frog-leg-peta-asia-december-2025.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/frog-leg-peta-asia-december-2025-602x301.jpg\" alt=\"Ice is poured into a plastic bag filled with live frogs\" class=\"wp-image-1178632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/frog-leg-peta-asia-december-2025-602x301.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/frog-leg-peta-asia-december-2025-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/frog-leg-peta-asia-december-2025-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/frog-leg-peta-asia-december-2025-750x375.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/frog-leg-peta-asia-december-2025.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigators witnessed frogs in <strong>murky concrete tubs<\/strong>, <strong>piled on top of one another<\/strong>, and <strong>forced to crawl across each other<\/strong>. A <strong>dead frog<\/strong> lay near the enclosure\u2014an eye-level reminder of the neglect these animals face before slaughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/frog-december-peta-asia-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/frog-december-peta-asia-1-602x287.jpg\" alt=\"A live frog in a pile of bodies\" class=\"wp-image-1178630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/frog-december-peta-asia-1-602x287.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/frog-december-peta-asia-1-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/frog-december-peta-asia-1-768x366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/frog-december-peta-asia-1-750x358.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/frog-december-peta-asia-1.jpg 1153w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So if you see frogs\u2019 legs at your local grocery store or restaurant menus, remember that the <strong>real cost<\/strong> of this \u201cdish\u201d is paid by animals who <strong>suffocate, panic, and die<\/strong> inside<strong> freezing bags<\/strong> or on <strong>bloody tables<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frogs Need Their Legs\u2014Humans Don\u2019t<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Every animal is someone. 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