Giving Cane Toads the Ar...

[Termite]

Pinched this off another forum.

Haemorrhoid cream for cane toads
TERRITORIANS face fines of up to $12,000 for killing cane toads with golf clubs and cricket bats, it was learned yesterday.

The RSPCA's acting chief executive Lindsay Wilkinson said dispatching the pests with one clean shot was not illegal. But it was against the law if several blows were needed.

He suggested using haemorrhoid cream instead to anaesthetise them.

But Mr Wilkinson added:"You don't need to rub it in as you normally might elsewhere."

He said hitting toads several times could be considered causing pain and suffering - and would be a contravention of the Animal Welfare Act.

"It is irresponsible and cruel to bash cane toads with implements like golf sticks or cricket bats," Mr Wilkinson said. "Bashing rarely kills cane toads outright and can leave the creature to suffer a lingering death."

He said Territorians should don gloves and apply a strip of benzocaine ointment - better known as haemorrhoid cream - for about 25mm along the back of the toad. .....

Story continues at http://www.news.com.au/story/0,1011...2-13762,00.html

[bennylaird]

I reckon it's a bum steer!

[Felder]

I reckon it's a bum steer!

Nah - I reckon it's a true story.....

Stop being so anal.

[redwood]

He said Territorians should don gloves and apply a strip of benzocaine ointment - better known as haemorrhoid cream - for about 25mm along the back of the toad. .....

.... then what do you do? not wipe your bottom to get rid of your haemorroids i hope:eek:


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[bennylaird]

Maybe the kids up home were on the right track using firecrackers as supositories on toads??????

[keith53]

All the more reason for bringing back the mandatory carrying of handguns, I reckon. (To dispatch the toads humanely )

[redwood]

when i lived up Cairns for a while the hippies used to scrape the fleshie meat out from their skulls and smoke it:eek: Queenslanders.... yu cant take em anywhere

[oges]

The RSPCA's acting chief executive Lindsay Wilkinson said dispatching the pests with one clean shot was not illegal. But it was against the law if several blows were needed.

or just get some Golf lessons

[redwood]

or just get some Golf lessons

The hardest part is trying to ballance the toad on the tee:confused:



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[Landseka]

That is what the cream is for...lubrication.

[Auld Bassoon]

He suggested using haemorrhoid cream instead to anaesthetise them.

Imagine going into the local chemists and asking for 25l of the stuff :eek: