With the cane toad population soaring from 102 in Queensland in 1935 to more than two billion across four states, we're being asked to help cull them to save native species.
In 1935, 102 cane toads were brought to Queensland in an attempt to control cane beetles that were decimating sugar cane crops.In a bid to curb the population of the destructive toads, community-based environmental organisation Watergum is planning its inaugural cane toad bust, starting on Monday, January 24.
"The other problem is that cane toads have very big appetites, so they eat all of the food resources, leaving nothing available for our native species.A toad-buster volunteer finds a string of cane toad eggs in a jelly like substance hidden under leaves in a dam."Unlike frogs these babies develop very quickly," she said.
As part of the push to limit cane toad populations, Watergum is launching it's inaugural Cane Toad Bust on January 24. "Our website has an interactive map where you can log your session, so we can see where people are going and how many cane toads they are removing," Ms Vincent said. The website also allows participants to join other toad busting groups, register their own group or just take part as an individual.Volunteers asked to kill toads 'humanely'
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