CANE TOAD ALERT!
Bufo Marinus, commonly known as the cane toad, is
now less than 25 kilometres from the Western Australian
border and our precious Kimberley region.
Called "extinction in motion", cane toads
have the potential to devastate Western Australia's native
wildlife and change forever the unique character of the Kimberley
that we value so much. Unless we stop them, they will also
become a poisonous pest throughout the South-West just as
they have in Queensland, the Northern Territory and Northern
New South Wales.
An aggressive predator, the cane toad competes with a multitude
of small native species for a limited food supply. They
also produce a highly toxic poison which makes them a deadly
meal for native and domestic animals alike.
The Stop the Toad Foundation is a not-for-profit, non-government
organisation working with community, corporate and government
sectors to keep WA Cane Toad Free.
You can help the Stop the Toad Foundation in the fight
to stop WA from becoming the next cane toad victim by making
a tax-deductible donation today.
Your donation will help the Foundation
to conduct the Great Toad Muster from 20
September - 18 October 2008.
Great Toad Musters were held in 2006 and 2007 at
the end of the dry season when water is scarce and the cane
toad is most vulnerable. Over 140 volunteers helped to slow
the toad frontline by removing 60,000 adult toads, thousands
of metamorphs and millions of eggs from the landscape.
As water becomes scarcer in the landscape toads can be found congregated around
whatever water remains. This year the far northern region
is experiencing the driest season in 25 years, making conditions
intolerable for the cane toad, which must have water to survive.
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Adult Cane Toad |
Locally extinct: The northern quoll |
Freshwater crocodiles and numerous
snake species have little chance against the toad |
The Stop the Toad Foundation needs your help to send out an army of volunteers
to exploit the dry conditions, and newly developed fencing
techniques to make the 2008 Great Toad Muster effective
and to hold back the toad frontline from invading Western
Australia. We already have over 50 volunteers committed to
participating in the Muster this year.
Your donation will help to provide much needed food,
remote camp equipment, fencing materials, petrol, first
aid training and supplies, vehicle maintenance, satellite
communication and field radios. The Great Toad Muster is a major logistical exercise
conducted under harsh conditions that relies on the generosity
of donors and volunteers to stem the toad tide.
Please help the Stop the Toad Foundation to make the 2008
Great Toad Muster a success and don't wait until
the toads are multiplying in your own backyard!
Thank you for helping the Stop the Toad Foundation protect
Western Australia's unique biodiversity.
Yours sincerely
Tim Winton
Patron
Stop the Toad Foundation
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You can save time and postage by donating
online or
phone Kim on 0400 130 397
If preferred print
this form and post/fax (printable text in new window)
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Cane Toad distribution - the current known
frontline is actually a lot closer.
Browse our web site for further details.
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