Australia: Northern Territory Might Offer Cane Toad Safaris

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | June 9th, 2010 | Trackback

Cane toads are considered a scourge in the Northern Territory, where they were introduced in 1935 and whose numbers are estimated to have swollen to 92 million. If Darwin’s lord mayor gets his way, tour operators will be able to offer toad safaris to tourists where part of the attraction of camping out in the bush will be a toad cull. Already the Great Toad Muster occurs annually on the border with Western Australia and draws many volunteers. But park rangers have opposed tourist toad culls near Darwin. The toads compete with native animals for food and have few predators.

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