Speaking of frogs, even though this is a serious topic, in an environmental class once, which I didn't finish, I remember reading and hearing from the college professor, who was a very good one, that frogs are like the canary in the coal mine when it comes to the environment. What happens to the environment, effects frogs, including the pollutants that are getting into the environment.
One time, i was driving down a highway in the rain near here, and there were small frogs all over the highway. I had pulled off the highway for some reason and my car lights were pointing at the highway. I saw a small frog hopping out into the highway. I know it's just a small frog, but it was a frog that was in danger on my watch. It was clearly visible in the lights of my car, and was hopping out into the highway. It would hop, and then stop in the middle of the road. I went out into the lane and tried to catch it and move it out of harms way. It's not easy to catch a frog with your hands. The frog was distressed and didn't know I was trying to save it, but it was in the tire lane and would likely have been hit by a passing car. The frog let out a noise that they make, and I was concerned that I was distressing it, but we were in the middle of the road, possibly endangering my own safety as well. I finally got the frog to the edge of the road and should have left it there. But I thought I should try and scoop it up and toss it into the grass off the highway, since I thought it might hop back into the lane. I was concerned that this last action may have caused it's death, since it didn't move, and thought I should have left it at the side of the road. If anyone knows anything about frogs, I would like to know if that could have exhausted it to death.
I know some people hunt frogs, but, it's different regarding intention. I was trying to save it from imminent harm, and it's a lesson in rescuing - if our efforts to save a creature or even a person, end up causing them harm, then the actions, even though well-intentioned, can be misguided. I should have stopped when the frog was safely at the other side of the highway, instead of taking further action that could have unnecessarily distressed it further, possibly to death. But, even though it wasn't moving, it is possible that it was just resting and recovering.