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We have many woodhouse toads living in our backyard. They are constantly out every night "singing" for the females to come out to mate. Last year, we had literally hundreds and hundreds of tadpoles that turned into small toads. They mated and layed eggs in our above ground pond. We can not take the constant screaming at night, and we really do NOT want more babies produced in our yard.........lawnmower, walking, dogs, turtles, etc. seem to be their death. I'm wondering if we gathered many of them up and relocate them to our land which has a 9acre pond, trees, etc. would they possibly make it, or do they have a specific "range" they must remain in for life? I don't want to harm them but we definately need to get them out of our yard. Thanks for any info.

These types of things have no simple solution. I can promise you with 100% faith that moving them to another site will NOT keep others from colonizing your backyard. In some states, relocating them may be illegal, for several complicated legitimate reasons. One is that translocated animals simply do survive as well as residents.

You didn't say where exactly they are breeding. If they are in a man made (like those plastic landscaping) ponds, you must eliminate it. As long as there is a place to breed they will come. Otherwise, get use to using earplugs.

It's not what you were looking for, I know. But buying a house in the woods means having to look at trees. It's unfortunate that the few people who would desire such a phenomenon rarely are afforded the opportunity.
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