Aussie Official has Solution to Toxic Toads: Bludgeon 'Em

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CANBERRA, Australia - A government lawmaker advised people in northern Australia to bludgeon to death a species of toxic toad imported from Central America more than seven decades ago.

Cane toads, which release noxious secretions when threatened, were imported to the northeastern state of Queensland in 1935 to control beetles on sugar cane plantations. They have since hopped all the way to Australia's northeastern coast and south into parts of the state of New South Wales, killing much of the native wildlife that eat them - particularly the endangered marsupials called quolls.

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Aussie Official has Solution to Toxic Toads: Bludgeon 'Em

Liberal Party lawmaker Da...

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