What to do if you suspect disease
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What to do with injured animals
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What to do with dead animals
At the end of the patrol the dead animals can be collected and deposited away from the pond where they will be scavenged without drawing attention to any animals still migrating. Alternatively, if it is safe to do so, pick up the animal with a small trowel, and having recorded it, place it in roadside vegetation where it won’t be double-counted. Click to read more...
Signs of Predation
Toads are ‘explosive’ breeders with all animals arriving at ponds at the same time to minimise the risk of predation to any individual- but the risk does occasionally maximise the impact of predation should a predator come across the migration and spawning event! Animals that seem to be turned inside out, are skinned or have their limbs missing are characteristic of mammalian predation; often a fox or an otter, mink or polecat will come across the migrating toads and catch them and consume the ‘easy’ bits – the back legs, thus avoiding the poison glands. In the process many animals are picked up and bitten but not eaten because of the poison. These animals unfortunately often die from their wounds.Click to read more...
Mass mortality
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Spawn/ amphibian relocation
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What to do with toadlets
Because toadlets are so small, it is also difficult to move them without causing injury so it is best to stick to rescuing breeding adults.Click to read more...