Hopping mad! Park asked to support campaign to stop South Koreans eating frogs

By Sportsmail Reporter
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Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung has been asked by to help protect the future of frogs in his native South Korea amid growing concerns about consumption rate in the country.

Park has been targeted by an environmental group after he once admitted to drinking juice made from boiled frogs to build his physique.

Lobby group 'Frogs Friends' said consumption of frog juice had surged since Park's 2006 autobiography in which he said he had drunk it as a tonic, and said they would lobby the international and Premier League star to join their campaign.

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'I do not know if it is just coincidence but after it was revealed... that Park eats frogs as a means to boost his strength, the number of cases of illegal poaching of frogs and toads residing in mountains has increased,' campaign organiser Park Wan-hee said.

Since its establishment in 2007, Frog's Friends has been campaigning to stop Koreans killing amphibians for perceived health properties.

Park is South Korea's best known, and most popular, player and said that his father had fed him frog juice to boost his stamina.

'If Park joins our campaign to stop the practice, it would correct people's misconceptions about eating frogs, believing it will raise their stamina,' said the lobby group.


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