Posted on http://www.abc.net.au/news/ today:
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A live cane toad has been found in Western Australia's Kimberley region.
WA Environment Minister Mark McGowan says a Kununurra couple found the 10-centimetre male toad near the town's caravan park on Thursday night.
They took it to a local vet who destroyed it.
Mr McGowan says the discovery of the toad does not mean the amphibians have begun invading WA.
"We're very confident that this toad hitched a ride across the border and we're very grateful that people were on the lookout and were able to catch it and destroy it," he said.
"This is a big threat to our state's ecology, they have a dramatic effect on local fauna."
He says surveillance and control measures are continuing in the Victoria River District of the Northern Territory to prevent toads coming to WA.
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