California Law Bans Eating Frogs That Die in Competition
“In California it is illegal to eat a frog that died during a frog competition”
Summary
California’s Fish and Game Code expressly prohibits the consumption of any frog that dies or is killed during a frog‑jumping contest, requiring it to be destroyed instead. Consequently, eating a frog that died in such a competition is illegal in the state.
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- California Code, FGC 6883.
Any person may possess any number of live frogs to use in frog-jumping contests, but if such a frog dies or is killed, it must be destroyed as soon as possible, and may not be eaten or otherwise used for any purpose
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(iStock) Should one of the poor creatures pass on or be killed during the competition, however, "it must be destroyed as soon as possible, and may not be eaten or otherwise used for any purpose," the law says.
- Reptiles & Amphibians - Enforcement and Penalties - California :: Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
Any person may possess any number of live frogs to use in frog-jumping contests, but if such a frog dies or is killed, it must be destroyed as soon as possible, and may not be eaten or otherwise used for any purpose.
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- California Code, Fish and Game Code - FGC § 6883 | FindLaw
Any person may possess any number of live frogs to use in frog-jumping contests, but if such a frog dies or is killed, it must be destroyed as soon as possible, and may not be eaten or otherwise used for any purpose.
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Instead, it has to be destroyed as soon as possible. What kind of Gladiator-esque shenanigans have been going on at Californian frog-jumping contests? That’s what we’d like to know.
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