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Originally Posted by Rich Frye
OK, so you introduced a frog that did not go through proper quarantine , I assume.
How exactly are you "more careful" with the mixed tanks? How exactly do you quarantine now? How do you test for cross contaminants, when there is no all-encompassing tests?
They may be no more or less "disposable". Sentient , alert, intelligent CITES animals , which are not accepted as feeders, are rarely thought of as "expendable", be they fish, frog, or dog. But if they need to be killed, it's probably not the most ethical approach to let them die of nasty disease from lack of quarantine...
You see no difference between grass...insects...darts... dogs...and humans then?
The line is simple. These frogs are smart enough , and usually long lived enough to learn from. Their mating, caring for tads, calling, and overall activity is much more complex than other animals you may not wish to put on the "expendable" list.
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You are truely on some fantasy island. If these frogs were truely thought of as non disposable then the shipments of frogs arriving dead from the wild would stop because there would be no demand. Breeders would ONLY sell to cover their costs and would only sell to those that walk to the tune of your standards. Certainly most of the folks that join a website based on this hobby personally feel differently but that accounts for such a small percentage of the actual frogs in circulation. And you got it right, frogs are no different then grass, insects, dogs, and humans. They are all exploited, self motivated hybrids, and then they die or are killed. Most every human on this planet could die tomorrow and the ones that are left would not even know the difference. Life would go on.