"Particularly as you get further south in the NT towards the fringes of the cane toad area they become a lot more vulnerable and a lot easier to get rid of. "And if you put a small fence around ...

the cane toads died en masse. The researchers left the fences in place for a year through a wet season and back into another dry season and found at the end of this period toad numbers were ten to ...

Reasoning that if the dams were used as an “environmental trap” by erecting a toad-proof fence around them, theoretically, they would achieve targeted control of the cane toads, as they would ...

But the real test was if the fences stopped toads re-invading during ... Prior to our research, no effective way has been found to control cane toad numbers. Restricting toads’ access to water ...

Some cane toads are fitted with tracking devices ... Now a study led by experts at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) says toad-proof fences around dams may stem their spread because most ...

TOAD-PROOF fences around man-made dams could be used as "ecological traps" to kill cane toads and stop the spread of the toxic animals, researchers say. IN the first study of its kind, researchers ...

The fences worked. In the following months ... And as fond as Australians are of “cane toad golf” and “cane toad cricket”, no measures have actually worked on a large scale.

Perth - Australia's popular Kimberley wilderness region has resorted to a long knee-high fence to keep out the poisonous cane toad, which is rapidly overrunning the tourist attraction. A 2km barrier ...

Naples experienced its rainiest day since 2005 on June 11 with 3.9 inches in one day. Our rainy climate is the perfect breeding ground for invasive and toxic cane toads, which can kill pets in a ...

Special fences built around dams in arid parts of Australia could help eradicate the menace of cane toads ... of New South Wales (UNSW) says toad-proof fences around dams may stem their spread ...