Breeding and releasing cane toads a 'bit crazy' but for greater good
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Field work is underway near Broome where researchers are deliberately breeding the invasive cane toad as part of a strategy to protect native wildlife.

Scientists are deliberately breeding the invasive cane toad in Western Australia’s far north as part of a strategy to protect native wildlife.

Exposing predators like goannas to small, non-lethal toads helps them develop a lasting aversion.

Given the program’s success in other parts of the Kimberley it is expanding into the Roebuck Plains outside Broome.