Giant Poisonous Toad

giant poisonous toad

My favorite quote from the article

"They are so easily recognized; people aren't afraid to euthanize them, whether stomping or freezing or shooting them," he said.

Wildlife experts say the most humane choice is to pop it into a plastic bag and put it in a freezer for a couple of days or smack it with a shovel.

In what twisted universe is "smacked with a shovel" considered to be humane? I'll bet a whole group of people in this country think this is okay. Am I right? Am I a crazy, naive,idealistic, hippie peace-lover for thinking this can't possibly be considered humane? What's wrong with that? The other option is the sort of human that would take an animal out of its natural habitat to solve a human problem, find out it works too well, then decide the best way of dealing with it is to kill it. Aren't there any other ideas? What were the toad's natural predators in their home country? Do we have anything like that in a similar environment? Can we supply a steady supply of food for them in one protected area, so that they don't want to stray into people's backyards. Seriously, am I crazy? Aren't humans supposed to be more evolved than the primitives? We have well-developed brains; let's start using them to find creative, earth-friendly solutions to problems we've created.

Ok. Ok. I'm off my soapbox and am doing much better now. It's time for dinner. I know! Someone can charge a lot of money for adventure seekers to eat these toads fileted or deep-fried in beer-batter? No. Wait. What would be the humane way of killing them then?