Ban sale of frogs, says SAM


Farmed frogs being sold at the Batu Lanchang market in Penang.Pix by GARY CHEN/The Star/6 NOV 2016.

GEORGE TOWN: Frogs are being sold openly at markets here to the dismay of Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) which wants the Govern-ment to impose a ban on their capture, sale and killing.

SAM president S.M. Mohamed Idris said the amphibians should be protected as they played a role in reducing the mosquito population.

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