← on nowLGR-027 · v0.1.0 · model · estimate How many frogs are killed every second, every day, every year?
frogs · for their legs · estimated
killed
100 million
a year
3.2
a second
273,785
a day
left where they were taken
?
no ledger. most come wild from indonesia. when they go, the insects they ate stay, and pesticide use rises.
method Auliya et al. 2016: EU import tonnage converted to individuals.
- europe imports about four thousand tonnes of frogs’ legs a year, france and belgium first.source: Auliya et al. 2016; EU trade data
live. this is the channel itself. embed it anywhere:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?channel=frogs" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · frogs"></iframe>
or the whole broadcast, every channel, the same for everyone:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?embed=1" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · on now, everywhere"></iframe>
how this number is built
- method
- Auliya et al. 2016: EU import tonnage converted to individuals.
- range
- 80–200 million/yr (EU imports only)
- confidence
- estimate
- weakness
- conversion from tonnes to individuals depends on species mix; excludes domestic consumption in asia.
- dispute
- dispute LGR-027 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0