Sessional Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development Written Submissions Received Volume 2 Issues associated with the progressive entry into the Northern Territory of Cane Toads October 2003
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Parks & Wildlife Commission NT Written Submissions Cane Toad Inquiry Report Volume 2 16 Dr WOINARSKI: So, you can reduce the chances of them actually coming into your gardens and stuff, there is no guarantee. Mr BONSON: Obviously somewhere like Rapid Creek, which of course is going to be an issue in my electorate especially because its fresh water, salt water stuff, I suppose if theres, you know, any proposals that you guys can work up, you can think of those little areas in urban Darwin that you know, I noticed Just to think about that concept because I would presume that thats going to be a perfect habitat for cane toads to go there and then suddenly everyones walking past Dr WOINARSKI: If you look outside the window and look at the landscapes of sort of this part of Darwin, its all short lawns, irrigated and cane toads will love it, especially where there are lights overhead where the moths and other insects will congregate. Mr BONSON: Actually there was some man in . when I was in Queensland that because they didnt have a very good wet season, that there werent many cane toads round because I was looking for them and I didnt see them until I got to Brisbane. You know does that the answer David or do we think thats Dr LAWSON: Well the numbers certainly fluctuate between years and theres some hope that that might be a density dependent thing that occasionally they get too many and a lot of them starve or dont reproduce particularly well and certainly the dry periods, periods of dry wet seasons, yeah the numbers dont build up as much. I think there was some anecdotal information that numbers in Katherine over the last few months havent been as high as they were the year before. Mr BALDWIN: You dont see much in the wet because they, I assume theyre dispersed more. In the dry, as soon as the wet stopped, two or three weeks ago, they were every where, everywhere. Mr WOOD: So, Marrara Football ground is going to be an interesting place to play footie on. Mr BALDWIN: Oh yeah, squish squash! Dr LAWSON: I think one of the things theyve done in Queensland too with constrained areas like Rapid Creek is that the local people have got together and theyve actually got sort of cane toad task groups, they actually go out with buckets and collect the damn things you know. Now, you could argue well thats just a drop in the ocean, its not going to really do anything in the big picture but I think you know, we shouldnt denigrate that sort of community effort and sort of encourage it, you know because there are certain places where if you did have a physical collection, you probably