Cane toad sausages on menu in attempt to save Kimberley's northern quolls

It is hoped the sausages - laced with a nausea-inducing chemical - will deter the carnivorous marsupials from eating cane toads, which are poisonous

Sausages stuffed with minced cane toads will be tossed from helicopters above Western Australia's Kimberley region in a novel attempt to prevent quolls being wiped out in the area.

Northern quolls, a spotted carnivorous marsupial, have been decimated across northern Australia due to the onward march of cane toads, a rampant introduced species that kills predators such as quolls and snakes when eaten due to poison in its glands.