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South African campaigners free 2,000 frogs

Thousands of frogs in South Africa have been saved from an early grave after a raid on a fishing shop in Vereeniging, south of Johannesburg. South Africa’s National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) said on Wednesday that they had released 2,000 specimens of the African Clawed Frog variety back into the wild.

Peter Halasz
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“The people used them for fishing, in some cases they are used as live bait, which is in contravention of the Animals Protection Act,” says Jaco Pieterse from the NSPCA.

Pieterse said that the containers the frogs were kept in were “overstocked”, the water was “rotten” and the frogs at the bottom were “suffocating”.

The NSPCA had paid a visit to Solly's Angler's Supplies on Friday and issued a warning. They were then denied entry on their follow-up inspection so obtained a warrant from the local magistrate’s court and entered the premises with the help of police.

The Platanna frogs, as they are known in South Africa, were later released into the Vaal river.

“They’re going to be free in their natural environment,” says Pieterse.

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