TY - GEN T1 - Cane toads : a tale of sugar, politics and flawed science T2 - Animal publics (Series) A1 - Turvey, Nigel D, 1948- LA - English PP - Sydney, N.S.W. PB - Sydney University Press YR - 2013 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn857765978 AB - Cane Toads is about good intentions, unintended consequences and of simple acts leading to catastrophic outcomes. It is about scientists so committed to solving a problem, serving their country, their leaders and the industry that employed them, that they are blinkered to adverse impacts. AB - Before the birth of modern insecticides, farmers and gardeners used predatory and parasitic wasps and flies, insect-eating birds, lizards and toads as agents of biological control. In the late 19th century sugar cane scientists carried cane toads from Barbados to Puerto Rico, to Hawai'i and then Queensland to control pests. Toads were introduced to some 138 countries, and are now ranked among the world's most invasive species. Queensland's sugar scientists released the toad into cane fields in 1935. They were supported by cane growers, politicians, the nation's leading scientists, the premier of Queensland and the prime minister of Australia. Only a lone voice objected. In the following 70 years they spread as far as western NSW and Western Australia. This story is about good intentions, unintended consequences and of simple acts leading to catastrophic outcomes. It is about scientists so committed to solving a problem, serving their country, their leaders and the industry that employed them, that they are blinkered to adverse impacts. There are lessons to learn from the toad's tale. And as the tale shows, we still come perilously close to repeating the mistakes of the past. -- OP - 247 CN - QH353 .T87 2013eb SN - 9781743323717 SN - 1743323719 SN - 9781743327906 SN - 1743327900 SN - 9781743323595 KW - Bufo marinus : Australia. KW - Bufo marinus : Control : Australia. KW - Toads : Control : Australia. KW - Biological invasions. KW - Nonindigenous pests : Control : Australia. KW - Sugarcane : Diseases and pests : Control : Australia. KW - Crapaud géant : Australie. KW - Crapaud géant : Lutte contre : Australie. KW - Crapauds : Lutte contre : Australie. KW - Invasions biologiques. KW - Animaux et plantes nuisibles non indigènes : Lutte contre : Australie. KW - Canne à sucre : Maladies et fléaux : Lutte contre : Australie. KW - Biological invasions KW - Bufo marinus KW - Nonindigenous pests : Control KW - Sugarcane : Diseases and pests : Control KW - Australia KW - Electronic books. ER -