http://lucygabrielle.com/2010/01/06/fair-go-for-cane-toads/ Animal Communicator. Healing for Animals. Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:00:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://lucygabrielle.com/2010/01/06/fair-go-for-cane-toads/#comment-172 Lucy Gabrielle Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:00:06 +0000 http://lucygabrielle.com/?p=242#comment-172 I agree that they should have made this a priority years ago and I am advocating HUMANE measures to deal with them. Reproductive control is the most humane way we can deal with them (but, yes, the freezer is a good alternative). Yes, toads are poisonous, but so are many plants (lantana is toxic to cattle, for example, and a massive problem in Australia), there are heaps of weeds that are poisonous to horses and can kill them, and let's not forget our native snakes, ticks and spiders. I'm not arguing that we should love cane toads, just that we should treat them with respect and accept that since we brought them here we have a responsibility to them as well, and that means treating them fairly. Another thing to consider before embarking on manual eradication (such as Dettol and cane toad cricket) is that the Australian Museum states that two-thirds of cane toad suspects actually "turn out to be harmless native frogs (such as the Banjo Frog) that need our protection". That's pretty poor odds. I agree that they should have made this a priority years ago and I am advocating HUMANE measures to deal with them. Reproductive control is the most humane way we can deal with them (but, yes, the freezer is a good alternative). Yes, toads are poisonous, but so are many plants (lantana is toxic to cattle, for example, and a massive problem in Australia), there are heaps of weeds that are poisonous to horses and can kill them, and let’s not forget our native snakes, ticks and spiders. I’m not arguing that we should love cane toads, just that we should treat them with respect and accept that since we brought them here we have a responsibility to them as well, and that means treating them fairly. Another thing to consider before embarking on manual eradication (such as Dettol and cane toad cricket) is that the Australian Museum states that two-thirds of cane toad suspects actually “turn out to be harmless native frogs (such as the Banjo Frog) that need our protection”. That’s pretty poor odds.

]]> http://lucygabrielle.com/2010/01/06/fair-go-for-cane-toads/#comment-171 Neal Quillinan Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:01:54 +0000 http://lucygabrielle.com/?p=242#comment-171 Like spam introduced species are almost a fact of life in todays globalised world. There have been notable successes in introducing bio-controls to deal with other pests, the cactoblastus (?) moth being the best example. Yes Cane Toads were introduced in an early but poorly researched effort to control other pests bioogically but they must be eradicated. Cane Toads represent one of the biggest threats to Australian native species, as welll as our own pets. If you had seen an animal die a slow lingering death after biting one of these things you mighty reconsider. Popped in a bag and put in a freezer is probably the most humane way one can deal with them at home. The CSIRO should have made the eradication of this pest a priotity years ago! Like spam introduced species are almost a fact of life in todays globalised world. There have been notable successes in introducing bio-controls to deal with other pests, the cactoblastus (?) moth being the best example. Yes Cane Toads were introduced in an early but poorly researched effort to control other pests bioogically but they must be eradicated. Cane Toads represent one of the biggest threats to Australian native species, as welll as our own pets. If you had seen an animal die a slow lingering death after biting one of these things you mighty reconsider. Popped in a bag and put in a freezer is probably the most humane way one can deal with them at home. The CSIRO should have made the eradication of this pest a priotity years ago!

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