Cane Toads
Perth: Another cane toad found
A cane toad
Another cane toad has turned up in Perth, this time near a pub car park.
It is believed to have arrived on a vehicle parked near the pub.
The West Australian [read this story]
Stop the Toad foundation is urging the government to trial toad-proof fencing around trucking yards.
You can read a media release here:
Cane toads: Toad-proof fencing continues
A cane toad
Scientists are continuing to experiment with toad-proof fencing to provide wildlife sanctuaries free of the toxic pests.
This follows earlier experiments in which toads were kept away from water sources in the dry season.
Science Network [read this story]
Kununurra: Toadbusters buy all-terrain vehicles
A cane toad
Kimberley Toad Busters have acquired two all-terrain vehicles with a Lotterywest grant.
They aim to use the vehicles to catch toads more safely in crocodile-infested waters.
The West [read this story]
Kununurra: Sniffer dog relocating to New South Wales
The sniffer dog used to detect cane toads at the NT border is retiring to New South Wales.
Nifty, a long-haired Malinois, will be doing a simiar job in a cooler climate.
Cane toad funding down $100,000
A cane toad
Kimberley Toad Busters says the government has reduced anti-cane toad funding by $100,000.
Spokesman Ben Scott-Virtue told Community Newspapers it would make it harder to stop toads spreading to Perth.
inmycommunity [read this story]
Perth: Truckie praised for catching toad
A cane toad
The DEC praised a quick-thinking truckie who prevented a hitch-hiking cane toad from getting away.
The truckie found the toad in a load of Kununurra watermelons he had just delivered to Canning Vale markets.
Perth: Cane toad found in watermelon truck
A cane toad
A cane toad has been found in a shipment of Kununurra watermelons at Perth’s Canning Vale markets.
PerthNow [read this story]
Lake Argyle: Cane Toads living in termite mounds
Photo: Kimberley Toad Busters
Cane toads have been found completely embedded in a termite mound near Lake Argyle.
They were completly sealed into the mound by termites, which they were also eating.
WAToday [read this story]
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