Dead cane toads found on public BBQ at Zuccoli

Council workers have been forced to give a public BBQ a thorough scrub after a grim discovery was made. See the pictures.

Images have circulated online of a pile of dead cane toads founds on hot plate of a public BBQ. Source: Facebook

A grim discovery was made at a Palmerston neighbourhood park at the weekend, when a dozen dead cane toads were found in a mangled mess on the hotplate of a public BBQ.

On Sunday morning, images circulated online showing a pile of fried cane toads on top of a Zuccoli BBQ, sparking outrage.

“That right there is a future serial killer,” one person posted.

“Can never have nice public things in Darwin – always f--kwits ruining them,” another said.

The shock discovery was made at family BBQ area on the weekend. Source: Facebook.

However, others expressed their dark humour.

“Looks like Suncorp, game three,” one man said.

“Up the Blues,” another posted.

City of Palmerston confirmed it had been made aware of the grim discovery and told the NT News council workers had been organised to clean up the mess.

Considered one of Australia’s most notorious introduced pests, cane toads have had a serious impact on Australia’s northern ecosystems, including the Top End.

First declared a problem species in 1950, cane toads exude a poison which can kill native animals and household pets.

However, the NT Government’s enviromment department encourages residents to dispose of them humanely by taking the following steps:

Step 1. Wear eye protection.

Step 2. Wear gloves or use doubled-up plastic bags to protect your hands.

Step 3. If using plastic bags, put one bag inside the other and turn the bags inside out, grab the toad and turn the bags back out the right way and tie the top.

Step 4. Wash your hands thoroughly with soap afterwards.

To dispose of a toad humanely, put your bagged toad in the refrigerator at 4C for an hour so that it becomes unconscious.

Then transfer the toad to the freezer for at least 16 hours.

You can bury the toad or put it in the compost as it is a safe natural fertiliser. Make sure the toad is away from pets.