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Australia lawmaker urges killing toads (Wants to Bludgeon the little buggers,, CROIKEY!!)
Bakersfield Californian ^ | 4/10/05 | AP - Canberra

Posted on 04/10/2005 6:03:58 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

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.


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Political Humor/Cartoons; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: animalrights; australia; croikey; environment; killing; lawmaker; pest; pests; quolls; toads; urges
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To: VadeRetro

21 posted on 04/10/2005 7:21:22 PM PDT by PatrickHenry (<-- Click on my name. The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
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To: NormsRevenge

If I remember correctly, they aren't SMALL. I've seen pictures of them. They look like they are as much as nine inches across the wide part of their bellies. I would have no idea how long they might be from their nose to their hind feet, but eighteen inches doesn't sound exaggerated. I saw them on one of the Discovery channel specials some time ago. All I can say is, "ICK. And, double-ICK."


22 posted on 04/10/2005 7:27:59 PM PDT by redhead
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To: SquirrelKing
The Hypnotoad! I forgot about him!

But he's not forgotten about you!!


23 posted on 04/10/2005 8:04:56 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch (Look! Jimmy Carter! History's greatest monster!)
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To: InvisibleChurch

What is thy bidding, my master?
24 posted on 04/10/2005 8:51:12 PM PDT by SquirrelKing (Tagline removed by moderator.)
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To: injin
Marge: Homer are you licking toads?

Homer: I'm not not licking toads.


25 posted on 04/10/2005 9:13:22 PM PDT by endthematrix (Declare 2005 as the year the battle for freedom from tax slavery!)
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To: rabidralph

26 posted on 04/10/2005 9:21:33 PM PDT by endthematrix (Declare 2005 as the year the battle for freedom from tax slavery!)
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To: redhead
OMG


27 posted on 04/10/2005 11:56:30 PM PDT by texasflower ("America's vital interests and our deepest beliefs are now one." President George W. Bush 01/20/05)
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To: texasflower

She's got a friend for life!


28 posted on 04/11/2005 4:00:14 AM PDT by rabidralph (Ahhh, the internet.)
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To: PatrickHenry
Animal welfare groups say bludgeoning cane toads is inhumane, and the best way to kill them is to freeze them.

Best for whom? That's about the silliest thing I've ever heard of!

29 posted on 04/11/2005 7:10:25 AM PDT by VadeRetro (Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
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To: PatrickHenry
Bite off their heads... Suck out the goo!

Sounds like The Varsity Rag!

Down on your heels!
Up on your toes!
Stay after school.
Learn how it goes!

Everybody do the Varsity Rag!

It could work...

Bite off their heads!
Suck out the goo!
Zoom to see God!
It's really true...

Gets rid of irritating toads and kids at the same time.
30 posted on 04/11/2005 7:18:45 AM PDT by VadeRetro (Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
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To: VadeRetro
Toad Licking!
31 posted on 04/11/2005 7:25:35 AM PDT by PatrickHenry (<-- Click on my name. The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
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To: PatrickHenry
But you know, you can order the stuff legaly from a company called 'JLF Poisonous Non-Consumables'.

For people who don't know what words mean.

32 posted on 04/11/2005 7:43:16 AM PDT by VadeRetro (Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
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To: NormsRevenge

I wouldn't put it past a toad to survive freezing.


33 posted on 04/11/2005 11:01:56 AM PDT by Graymatter (2006 clear choice: Give me Hillary or give me Darth!)
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