Will Trade Toads for Beer
If you want to motivate Aussies, then you apparently need to offer them beer. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is offering free beer for cane toads. When I saw this article, I immediately thought, “WTF?” As a result, I did a bit more research.
It seems that cane toads is a nonnative species that has been wreaking havoc on Australia’s ecology. As a result, Aussies have been busy killing them. Federal MP Dave Tollner even offered helpful tips, “I suggested that people should hit them with golf clubs or cricket bats, you know, lumps of wood - whatever was at hand.” However, the Australian RSPCA didn’t quite like those sorts of ideas, so they’re apparently offering beer in exchange for toads. What a deal! Of course, something like that would never fly in the States.
