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We need you! Be a Cane Toad Spotter

Reports of cane toads on K’gari can be used to help us improve our surveillance and control efforts, to protect the island.

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Establishing K’gari Cane Toad Watch

Introduced from Hawaii in June 1935, cane toads reached the Fraser Coast and Maryborough region in the early 1940s as they spread down the coastline from the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations release sites in North Queensland.

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Cane Toad Rodeo: FIDO’s first toad busting on K’gari

Following negotiations between FIDO president, Zela Bissett and the management of Kingfisher Resort, FIDO were offered two rooms for two nights during from 20-22 March with Zela and her partner Glen Hills, and Sandra and Navin Naidoo spending two nights at Kingfisher Bay Resort working on cane toad reduction.

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Combatting Cane Toads on K’gari

Introduced to Australia in 1935, cane toads (Rhinella marina) were first reported on K’gari in the 1960’s with their appearance coinciding with a dramatic reduction in the island’s snake populations, particularly death adders. 

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FINIA is all about Helping Hands

Late last year, FINIA joined the University of Queensland’s Cane Toad Challenge (CTC).

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