Six-year-old Otis crouches in the dark, waiting patiently. Then with a flurry of arms and legs he pounces on a cane toad, picks it up, and tosses it in a bucket. Otis and his eight-year-old ...

They are taking part in the Great Cane Toad Bust, an annual attempt to keep a lid on the population of these invasive, toxic amphibians. Toads thus caught will be killed humanely by being chilled ...