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Tweed Shire Council Online Toad Busting Challenge 2
With so much public interest and great success after the first challenge, Tweed Shire Council is bringing back the Online Cane Toad Busting Challenge for a second time!
Tweed locals are once again called to battle it out to win the title of Toad Busting Champion by removing the most cane toads from their area in nine days!
How does it work?
Get together with friends and family, get outside and collect cane toads from your local environment.Log your data using the following link to be in the draw for some very exciting prizes! Log your data here: https://arcg.is/00jvKb0The team or individual that catches the most cane toads wins
Join the Facebook event page to keep up to date on our leaderboard, cane toad catching numbers and to share your photos or thoughts with like-minded people: https://www.facebook.com/events/1199368405692647/.Don’t have Facebook but want to be kept updated? Email [email protected] and we will keep you updated via email on how the challenge is going.
Equipment you will need:
Bucket with a lid
Gloves
Torch
Pick-up stick (optional)
All the cane toads collected can be delivered to local Tweed Shire cane toad drop-off points. See locations here:
https://watergum.org/drop-off-points-cane-toads/
A FREE webinar is available at the Tweed Shire Council YouTube channel to learn everything you need to know about reducing cane toad numbers, including cane toad ID tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63uQU2vncwQ
Let’s make a difference, let’s impact cane toads!
Visit the Watergum website https://watergum.org/cane-toad-challenge/ to learn about:
Cane Toad vs native frog identificationToad busting and tadpole trapping Humane euthanasia of toadsHow to log your catches
This event is funded by Tweed Shire Council as part of their Community Cane Toad Control Initiative.