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16 January, 2025
Join Australia’s largest Cane Toad Bust 2025
Watergum is inviting everyone to join Australia’s biggest Cane Toad Bust from January 18 to 26, to help tackle one of the biggest threats to native wildlife.
Every year, Cane Toads (Rhinella marina) wreak havoc on Australian native wildlife, poison thousands of pets and impact local agriculture.
They are toxic at every life stage and prolific breeders, with a female producing up to 35,000 eggs each time she reproduces.
Cane Toads can live for over 10 years in the wild, so to help minimise their spread Watergum challenges Australians to tadpole trap by day and toad bust by night for one week every year.
By getting involved neighbours, by getting out toad busting and tadpole trapping. Participants can count their catch afterwards and submit their data to join the Bust.
Watergum provides a guide on how to humanely euthanise Cane Toads and how to responsibly dispose of all Cane Toads.
Toads before they grow up to cause damage.
Each night during the Great Cane Toad Bust, locals can then head out after dark and collect as many toads as they can, being sure to count their catch and submit the data to enter the running.
In previous years Watergum removed over 50,000 Cane Toads and are looking to beat that number this year.
To get involved, people only need to register their interest or event at https://watergum.org/greatcanetoadbust/.
Once registered, Watergum will send out a free information kit and ID guide.
It’s a fun activity for the whole family while doing and taking action to remove toads and clean up the local environment, locals can create a safe haven for wildlife and pets on their property.
Locals can join in the Great Cane Toad Bust on their own, or by teaming up with friends, family and in some areas, Drop Off Points accept live toads and will euthanise them for locals.
Effective cane toad control starts at the tadpole stage, by trapping tadpoles to break the breeding cycle and removing young cane something beneficial for the environment.
There are also community events running Australia wide.
Head to www.watergum.org/greatcanetoadbust for event information, help with native frog Vs cane toad ID, information on humane euthanasia and more.
