Frog kits fail to make cut

NEW YORK - Shoppers at upscale United States menswear and accessory store Jack Spade in Manhattan were hopping mad to see frog dissection kits selling alongside leather file cases and Italian calfskin passport holders.

The US$40 ($60) kit came in a cloth bag complete with a vacuum-sealed formaldehyde-treated frog, scissors, magnifying glass, forceps, probing sticks, ruler, instruction booklet on how to explore the animal's innards, and a moist tissue. After complaints from shoppers and animal activists, the store apologised and said it had removed the kits and would not stock them.

- REUTERS