On the edge of a dark, suburban park in Brisbane, teams of volunteer toad-catchers gather around Gary King as he shoves another squirming specimen into a cooler box. “Who’s got some more?” asks King, ...

The community is being asked to collect, euthanise and hand in the destructive pests as part of the annual Great Cane Toad Bust.

The lure – a drenched stone – is placed inside a trap that’s submerged near tadpoles, tempting them to swim in through a hole. The recommended method for killing tadpoles and adult cane toads in ...