MRG
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From the article:The article does explain the killing of the toads.
What is curious is that if the toads are such are great threat (I'm not doubting it), why has the Australian gov't. only spent $20M in dealing with the problem?
Many Australian cities have simply thrown in the towel on the cane toad fight. After scientists discovered toads that had been breeding in Sydney, a federal government report concluded that "the eradication of cane toads is not currently possible."
"I think the scientific consensus is that we can't stop the toads from spreading, but we can do all kinds of things to reduce their densities and their impact," said biologist and cane toad expert Richard Shine of the University of Sydney.