Protest Frog Stabbing

Well folks, the giggers are at it again!

The DeKalb County Young Farmers and Ranchers plan to host an event on June 24 in Smithville, Tennessee that involves stabbing frogs to death for the purpose of fundraising. The event, called “Giggin' for Grads,” encourages participants to run around with spears or “gigs” with the intent of stabbing frogs. Not only does this pose significant cruelty to the frogs involved, but it also creates an opportunity for participants to accidentally or unknowingly kill non-target frogs and toads, some of which could be endangered.

For the past three years, members of Nashville Animal Advocacy protested this cruel event where participants compete to stab as many frogs to death as possible. Unlike mammals, frogs and other coldblooded animals have slow metabolisms which significantly slows down death when injured, causing the animals to suffer for longer periods of time. Furthermore, this event also poses serious human safety concerns. Minors and adults run around at night with sharp objects spearing animals, endangering themselves and others, as well as encouraging violent behavior among youth.

Despite offers from the Global Conservation Group to fund a more humane fundraiser, and having over 6,000 signatures on a petition to stop this cruelty, the Dekalb County Young Farmers and Ranchers seem determined to go through with this event. Please join Nashville Animal Advocacy in protesting this event! Signs will be available, but feel free to bring your own if you would like. We will carpool if necessary, so private message us if you would like a ride.

If you can't make the actual protest, be sure to sign our petition! Hopefully we can stop this from happening again next year. https://www.change.org/petitions/stop-tennessee-group-from-stabbing-frogs

And click here to send a message to the organizers of this cruel event: http://www.peta.org/action/action-alerts/frogs-impaled-school-fundraiser/

Use ‪#‎SaveTheFrogs on social media‬ if you disagree with this cruel fundraiser!

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