Up-dates in a Nutshell!
- Kimberley Toadbusters release their working draft Guidance plan for the Management of Cane Toads in the Kimberley
click here for PDF Version
- KTBs to celebrate 3 years in the field on the 4th of October in a big community celebration in Whitegum Park in Kununurra.
- On the 18th August cane toads 'celebrated' 73 years in Australia! And are 'poised' to cross the border into Western Australia. Still not enough being done by Australian governments!
- Vietnam vets spent 4 weeks in the field busting toads at the front line and mopping up breeding areas's. Over 12,000 toads removed from the system.
- Kimberley Toad Busters continue to hit all six Front Line Cane Toad Corridors making their way towads the WA border.
- Macquarie Hepatology student, Lyall Grieves (working in partnership with the KTBs) discovers that small reptile species are also feeling the impact of the cane toad (see Newsletter 23)..
- KTBs have begun to implement the field component of their management strategy by identifying and mapping potential cane toad habitat systems in advance of the cane toad colonising fronts.
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- TBs Dutch Research Student finds Lungworm Rhahbias cf hylae in Cane Toads at the Western Colonising Front!!
- Download Jordy's Power Point Presentation as presented at the Darwin conference (5MB)
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“This is an incredible breakthrough. If we could confirm that the native frog species responsible for passing on this lungworm were also present at the very frontline areas, there is the possibility we could drop infected toads into these areas without any adverse impacts on native species. This would significantly hasten the impact of the lungworm on the cane toad and could result in a massive reduction in numbers and resilience of toads in any given area ”, Jordy Groffen.
Photo by Jordy Groffen:
Jordy.s Power Point Presentation
Lungworm Rhahbias cf hylae buried in colonising cane toad lung tissue |
Click here for "THE HEROES' FAREWELL!" By Jo Robertson, Bunbury WA.
'Ode' to our Vietnam Vet Kimberley Toad Busters.
If you would like to contribute financially to our totally volunteer fight against the advance of the cane toad into Western Australia,
Please send a cheque or money order payable to Kimberley Toadbusters Inc. to
Kimberley Toadbusters Inc.
P.O. Box 1188
Kununurra
Western Australia 6743.
Or pay directly into the Kimberley Toad Busters Inc tax deductible account Kimberley Toad Busters. 086 787 86349 2274 National Bank. Kununurra. (please email or post details of this donation so we can send you a receipt or at best a letter of thanks).
A receipt and certificate of thanks will then be forwarded to you.
Or for information on how you can help,
email: kimberleytoadbusters@canetoads.com.au
or Phone
Lee Scott-Virtue or Dean Goodgame on 08 91682576 or
Sarah Brett 0407 691229
Or contact the Perth based
'Friends of the Kimberley Toad Busters' on Friendsktb@westnet.com.au
to see how you can best help the 'real' battle on the ground to 'stop the cane toad from crossing into Western Australia'.