Australian volunteers take part in cane toad cull (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

Thousands of volunteers in Australia are taking part in a massive cull of cane toads.

The animals - regarded as poisonous pests - were introduced to Australia 75 years ago to get rid of beetles.

It is now thought their numbers have swelled to 200m, and there are signs they may have started spreading from Queensland down into New South Wales.

Our correspondent says most people in Australia regard the creatures as nothing other than a growing nuisance.

Queensland politician Shane Knuth told the BBC that the cull is justified.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17642578

[saras]

1. An invasive species, no doubt. Maybe it can eventually be fixed.

There are people who are successfully getting invasives (often rats) off of islands, but it's a harsh, toxic process, and Australia is a pretty big island.

[handmade34]

2. simplistic

but I can't help but think a good jobs creation bill here would be one to give livable wages to people that would work culling some of our invasive plants and animals... kudzu comes to mind...