Although I missed most of the cane toad movie we saw on the day before break, I could tell that if the cane toad problem was big enough to have its own movie (and song), it must pose a very significant environmental threat, moreso than that of most other invasive species. This article caught my eye because it shows that the cane toads are still a huge problem and that drastic measures need to be taken to help preserve Australia’s environment.
According to this article, the military may soon have go into action to officially wage war on the cane toads. This could easily be taken as a joke, but it really shows how serious the cane toad problem has gotten. Australian civilians do a good amount of damage to the cane toad population, often selling the carcasses to tourists as seen in the picture. 
However, now the battle against the toads has become a very serious one. Drastice measures need to be take before irreparable damage has been done to Australia’s environment.
The toads were first introduced in 1935, in a group of just 101, to try and control the population of cane beetles in Australia. Over 70 years later, the cane toads now number more than 200 million, causing a much worse problem for the environment than the beetles ever would. The cane toads have poisonous skin, which is responsible for big declines in many populations of native Australian animals.
It appears that all of Australia is quickly realizing how serious a threat these toads have become to the continent as a whole. Now that more attention is being brought to the problem, it may not be long before Australia finally finds a cure for its cane toad blues.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16361758/
I’m not going to lie, I laughed when I read the part about the military having to wage war. I think that it stinks for the Australians who have to live with this problem because they had nothing to do with the cause. They were introduced to Australia improperly, and without full research. Hopefully the Australians will find a better way to rid themselves of the cane toads instead of trying to run them all over in their cars like they did on the movie. Heh.