Aussies hopping mad at govt stance on toad-busting

Yahoo (AP) ^ | 1/23/09 | KRISTEN GELINEAU

[DemforBush]

SYDNEY – When the enemy reached Australia's largest state last year, the Kimberley Toad Busters knew the battle was on. But they didn't expect that officialdom might strip them of their most effective weapon.

The enemy? The cane toad. The weapon? Plastic bags full of carbon dioxide — long considered the animal-friendly alternative to whacking the creatures with golf clubs or cricket bats.

But Western Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation isn't so sure that euthanizing Bufo marinus with carbon dioxide is the kindest way to go, and says further tests are needed...

[DemforBush]

More bureaucratic silliness.

[JimRed]

I have to assume that cane toads do NOT taste like chicken, or there would be no problem!

[Yo-Yo]

At least they didn't say they were banning the CO₂ practice due to concerns over Global Warming...

[DemforBush]

BTW, if they want a more humane alternative, I'm pretty sure this'll get the job done:

[DemforBush]

Ha! I thought the same thing when I read the article. :-)

[US Navy Vet]

Cane Toads are NASTY there is NOTHING in Australia to kill these “beings”. Common Brown Snakes and Taipans have been know to die while trying to eat them.

[The Great RJ]

Reminds me of a government program to control coyotes with birth control. When one of the bureaucrats met with a group of ranchers to explain the program, one of the ranchers commented...”the problem is those coyotes are eating our sheep not screwing them”.

[Tax-chick]

I like the golf club and cricket bat solutions.

[Tax-chick]

"We were confronted literally with walls of toads — tens of thousands of them. It was like watching a moving carpet," she said.

Or highway pavers might work.

[Eaker]

”the problem is those coyotes are eating our sheep not screwing them”.

Ping for your expertise.

[Lockbar]

They should transfer all the cane toads to San Francisco. The cane toad secrets a chemical that causes psyhcodelic visions like LSD. You have to lick the toad with your tongue to get the effect. Hallucinogens and kinky licking. Perfect for Pelosi land.

[humblegunner]

”the problem is those coyotes are eating our sheep not screwing them”.

Improper or insufficient training.

[dayglored]

> I have to assume that cane toads do NOT taste like chicken, or there would be no problem!

Actually, it seems they DO taste like chicken, according to Wikipedia:

Cane toads have also been known to be a significant source of food for humans in their native environment; cane toads are cooked by skinning them and taking out the internal organs (including the poisonous glands), and then roasting them. Many people who have eaten cane toads say they are like chicken except with a drier taste.

[RobinOfKingston]

Many people who have eaten cane toads say they are like chicken except with a drier taste.

While that may be true, it is an incontrovertible fact that "many people" are idiots.

[Nickname]

Nobody who ate one survived long enough to let us know. :)