Ninety years after cane toads were introduced into QLD, the fight to stop them from infiltrating the Pilbara has become desperate.

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Dr Judy Dunlop, Lead Author at Curtin University’s School of Molecular and Life Sciences, explained to Perth Today host Simon Beaumont that the pests are expected to reach Broome in the next two to three years.

Should they reach the Pilbara, 25 native species, 8 of which exist nowhere else in the world, will be severely impacted.

“There will be a great biodiversity and cultural tragedy for the Pilbara,” she said.

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