Australia lawmaker urges killing toads (Wants to Bludgeon the little buggers,, CROIKEY!!)

Bakersfield Californian ^ | 4/10/05 | AP - Canberra

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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - A government lawmaker advised people in northern Australia to bludgeon to death a species of toxic toad imported from Central America more than seven decades ago.

Cane toads, which release noxious secretions when threatened, were imported to the northeastern state of Queensland in 1935 to control beetles on sugar cane plantations.

They have since hopped all the way to Australia's northeastern coast and south into parts of the state of New South Wales, killing much of the native wildlife that eat them - particularly the endangered marsupials called quolls.

Liberal Party lawmaker David Tollner said Monday the best way to stop the spread of the animals is to hit them on the head, as he did when he was a child.

"We hit them with cricket bats and golf clubs and the like back then," he told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio.

"If people can be encouraged to do it, rather than discouraged, the better our chance will be of stopping the cane toads," he added.

Animal welfare groups say bludgeoning cane toads is inhumane, and the best way to kill them is to freeze them.

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[WestCoastGal]

Why don't they just fire up the Barbee!!

[KJC1]

I personally like toads and frogs, but this one toad (also known as a bufo) is bad news.

They are in Hawaii too, and if a dog bites one it is most times fatal. I lost a dog this way.

[NormsRevenge]

Sorry about your dog..

bufo? Thanks!

[InvisibleChurch]

He'll never stand a chance against Hypnotoad!

[Hot Tabasco]

and the best way to kill them is to freeze them.

Works for me, I've got a whole freezer full of the darn things......now what do I do?

[LexBaird]

Wouldn't that be : "Croaky!"?

[KJC1]

Thanks. What happened to my dog is she bit one of them, and went into convulsions so we rushed her to the vet. The vet told us the good news was that she was going to survive, but the bad news is that she would bite another because of the euphoric state produced by the toad's secretions. In other words, she would "chase that high" again. (Strange, but true.)

Several months later she bit another toad, and that time she died. She was only 5 years old, a healthy, strapping big dog who had a heart of gold. :(

[SquirrelKing]

BRING IT, FOOLS!

[SquirrelKing]

The Hypnotoad! I forgot about him!

[tet68]

Man, you just got to give it up for those animal welfare
folks, freeze them, what an idea!

Tanks of LOX and a golf club, they'll shatter like glass!

WOW!

[WorkingClassFilth]

So, Bufo bashing is boffo?

[ahayes]

Freeze them?? That's not even considered an appropriate method of euthanizing fish.

[canalabamian]

Croakey!

[PatrickHenry]

Save the Toads! Ping List

[injin]

people have been know to lick them to get high ....
active ingredient is called Bufotein , if I am not mistaken.

overdosing on Bufotein can be bad however , one ends up with a face that looks like the present President of Ukraine .

[rabidralph]

Wasn't there a Simpsons episode about this?

[Libertina]

Freeze them?? That's not even considered an appropriate method of euthanizing fish.
The US courts would probably think it was good enough for people though /s