Hawaii’s Inhumane Frog Policy





coqui frog in Hawaii










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3 thoughts on “Hawaii’s Inhumane Frog Policy

  1. having been to hilo and being a frog loving resident of honolulu I would like to point out that the sounds of the coqui frog are not necessarily…cute. While I get used to them, and I personally don’t mind them so much, they are certainly a deafening roar. It seems like you don’t understand the gravity of how loud these things can be when they thrive. Also, it is selfish to protect nonnative species just because they are cute or favorable to some people. The fact of the matter is that all native species in Hawaii have become defenseless over thousands of years of isolation, so it is incredibly easy for invasive species to take root and destroy the natural habitat and degrade our ecosystem. It has happened too many times to count, with ants, rats, pigs, chickens, parrots, cane toads, invasive algae, strawberry guava trees, octopus trees, and so on and so forth. It is a great battle in Hawaii to protect our biodiversity, and to be honest we’re loosing it. Hawaii (which also is home to some of the largest amount of endemic species on the planet) has one of the highest extinction rates in the world, because of mainly one thing: Invasive species. It is ignorant to compare coqui’s to protected native organisms. While I personally love all frogs, these do not belong in Hawaii. They are malignant to the natural habitat of the islands, despite their loud night time conversations. We brought them here, and unfortunately due to our irresponsibility we are faced with the task of eradicating them before it is too late. By all means protect them where they are naturally, but please don’t encourage invasive species. They are already harmful enough without your short sighted input. Sorry to be harsh. have a good day.

  2. You neglected to address the author’s point about not treating them inhumanely. Why not let people transport them back to their native area if they want to? Is it really necessary to burn them with acid instead?

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