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1 month, 3 weeks ago

European wasps threaten Australian biodiversity

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Robyn Williams: And here's another spineless creature few of us know much about, an invader whose presence creates huge consequences, domino effects. Thomas Newsome: We noticed in the alpine region that in 2018, which was also a dry year, that after we experimentally placed some animal carcasses across the landscape, that within minutes, hundreds, if not thousands of European wasps …

Invasive Species European Wasps Impacts Connick Newsome Native Species

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Dingo hunting bounty petition raised after two 'pets' go missing from the Murchison's Wooleen Station

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A remote council has defended its dingo bounty program after two "pet" dingoes disappeared in Western Australia's outback Murchison. Shire defends approach Murchison shire president Rossco Foulkes-Taylor said it was unlikely the animals were shot for bounty due to the location verification system. Wooleen Station's David Pollock took a petition to social media to stop the bounty incentive in the …

Station Steven Murchison David Pollock Shire Dingoes Pollock

4 months, 1 week ago

Girl bitten by dingo on K'gari (Fraser Island) while fishing with large family group

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Rangers say a four-year-old girl was part of a large family group fishing off the beach when she was bitten by a dingo at K'gari. Department of Environment rangers said the dingo approached the girl on the eastern side of the island near NgKala Rocks at 11:15am on Saturday. Rangers said a nearby doctor examined the girl and rangers advised …

Rangers Fraser Island Island Near Dingo

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Farmer say wild dogs or dingoes slaughtering sheep as government refuses to help with control measures

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In short: Farmers say they can't protect their livestock from wild dogs or dingoes after the state government stripped away their ability to do so. Farmers say they can't protect their livestock from wild dogs or dingoes after the state government stripped away their ability to do so. Farmers in Victoria's north-west say their sheep are being slaughtered by wild …

Animals Farmers Control Dogs Livestock Dog State

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Nine-year-old girl bitten by dingo on K'gari (Fraser Island) in first week of school holidays

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In short: A young girl has been bitten by a dingo on K'gari, off the Queensland coast, in the first week of the school holidays. A young girl has been bitten by a dingo on K'gari, off the Queensland coast, in the first week of the school holidays. A male dingo has attacked a young girl on Queensland island K'gari …

Island Girl Queensland Easter Dingo School Holidays First Week

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Dingo bites 7yo girl on K'gari, prompting school holiday safety warning to tourists

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Wildlife rangers are urging visitors to Queensland's heritage-listed K'gari to be vigilant about safety around dingoes after a child was bitten on the thigh. Key points: A seven-year-old girl was bitten on the thigh while her family was waiting for a barge on Thursday The dingo approached the child while her mother was taking photos of the animal There was …

Island Visitors Girl Queensland Wildlife Rangers Dingo

1 year ago

Two children attacked by dingoes on K'gari, prompting rangers to investigate

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Two children have been attacked by dingoes on K'gari over the past couple of days, prompting rangers to investigate. Key points: An adult waved their hat to scare the dingo away from the girl Rangers say in both attacks the dingo was a juvenile and are working to see if it was the same animal The dingo or dingoes in …

Ran Rangers Dingoes Dingo

1 year, 3 months ago

K'gari dingo population healthy and fed despite public concerns, experts say

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It's an iconic animal that draws nearly half a million visitors to the world's largest sand island every year. The research also found that if the dingoes ate solely from the marine strandings the food could support up to 27 per cent of K'gari's dingo population year-round. Furthermore, the study found more than 10 per cent of the K'gari dingoes …

Food Marine Island Eat Supplied Dr Allen Dingoes

1 year, 3 months ago

Queensland man fined for feeding dingoes on K'Gari as rangers urge visitors to be safe these school holidays

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A Queensland man has been fined more than $2,000 for deliberately feeding two dingoes on K'Gari, prompting calls from wildlife rangers for people to stay away from the apex predator. Key points: A man has been fined after he deliberately enticed and fed two dingoes on K'Gari Rangers say deliberately interacting with the animals can cause them to lose their …

Man Queensland Rangers Humans Dingoes Dingo Mr Devery

1 year, 5 months ago

K'gari has suffered a spike in dingo attacks — what is behind it and what can we humans do to avoid them?

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Against a vista of pristine white sand and shimmering aqua ocean, the majestic Wongari stands alone, golden fur glistening in the sun. "K'gari wouldn't be K'gari without dingoes," she said. K'gari's custodians are the Butchulla people, with the island renamed earlier this year to reflect the creation story passed down by traditional owners. " "The island reopened, and everyone seems …

Environment Population Department Wild Island Visitors Queensland

1 year, 5 months ago

What to do if a dingo approaches you or your family on K'gari (Fraser Island)

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Dingoes could easily be mistaken for a playful domestic dog but an encounter with these wild animals can quickly turn dangerous in certain circumstances. "Confidently call for help, wait until the dingo or dingoes are gone before you continue on your way," the QPWS advice said. QPWS advises people to never walk alone anywhere on K'gari and not to let …

Dingoes Dingo Qpws Mr Appleby

1 year, 5 months ago

Woman attacked by four dingoes on K'gari (Fraser Island)

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A woman has been flown to hospital after being attacked by four dingoes while jogging along the beach on K'gari. Key points: A woman has been attacked by a pack of dingoes while jogging at Orchid Beach on K'gari The ambulance service says she was chased into the ocean before suffering bite wounds The woman was flown to Hervey Bay …

Bay Woman Island Dingoes Hervey Bay Hospital

1 year, 6 months ago

Dingo attacks on K'gari (Fraser Island) spark school holiday warnings as animal euthanased

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A 10-year-old boy has been attacked and dragged under water by a dingo on K'gari less than two weeks after another was euthanased following a string of attacks, including one on a French tourist. Key points: Authorities say dingoes on the island are losing their fear of humans A sunbathing French tourist was among those attacked by an animal that …

Wildlife Animal French Island Rangers Boy Your Kids

1 year, 6 months ago

DNA research finds most wild dogs in Qld, NSW are pure dingoes, sparking calls for protection

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It's a debate that's raged on "since colonisation" — are they dingoes or wild dogs? In NSW, where dingoes aren't protected, and Queensland, where they are protected in national parks, it was commonly believed most of the population were "wild dogs". Dr Cairns' research found only two of the 171 samples from those states had less than 70 per cent …

Research National Parks Dogs Dna Sheep Bush Queensland

1 year, 6 months ago

Purebred dingoes more common than researchers thought, genetic study finds

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New research suggests dingoes don't have much dog ancestry and are more purebred than researchers thought. Key points: Lethal control methods may increase the risk of hybridisation by reducing the availability of pure dingoes The study found four distinct wild dingo populations across mainland Australia The research suggests environments without dingoes can get overrun by kangaroos, foxes and feral cats …

Animals Research Dog Wild Study Researchers Cairns

3 years ago

Dingoes won't roam the Grampians, but new park plan also curtails climbing, camping

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Parks Victoria has scrapped a plan to return dingoes to Gariwerd, but intends to work with traditional owners to restore other threatened species to the area. Key points: Parks Victoria intends to continue community discussions about the importance of dingoes in Gariwerd Rock climbing will be allowed at more than 100 sites but many more are now off limits Camping …

Traditional Parks Plan Park Victoria Traditional Owners Climbers

3 years, 4 months ago

Collar camera captures world-first day in life of a dingo on Queensland's K'gari Fraser Island

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It's never-before-seen footage in the perspective of a dingo, as the wild animal hunts prey and an insight into how it traverses hundreds of kilometres of the sandy landscape of K'gari. Key points: Department of Environment and Science releases world-first footage of wongari on K'gari GPS collars are also used on aggressive dingoes after attacks at the Orchid Beach township …

Island Queensland Footage Collar Fraser Island Dingo Butchulla

3 years, 10 months ago

Dingo bites young boy at Orchid Beach on Fraser Island

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A boy is being treated for minor injuries after being bitten by a dingo on Fraser Island-K'gari off southern Queensland. Key points: A young boy has been bitten in an incident involving two dingoes on Fraser Island-K'gari Paramedics are treating the boy at Orchid Beach The incident has prompted fresh warnings about dingoes on the island The Queensland Ambulance Service …

Boy Dingoes Fraser Island Dingo Orchid Beach

3 years, 11 months ago

Pure alpine dingo cubs found in Victoria's High Country reveal threatened species still exists, experts say

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Sibling cubs recently rescued in Victoria's High Country have become the latest to be revealed as purebred alpine dingoes. Key points: Two orphaned pure alpine dingo pups have been found in north-east Victoria UNSW's Dr Kylie Cairns says dingos are a native species and important to healthy ecosystem function as Australia's apex predator Australian Dingo Foundation's Lyn Watson says the …

Alpine Victoria Dingoes Cubs Myrtle Dingo Research Centre

4 years, 2 months ago

Tasmanian Devils That Had Almost Gone Extinct 3000 Years Ago Released in Australian Mainland

News 18

Tasmanian devils have been released into the wild on Australia’s mainland 3,000 years after the feisty marsupials went extinct there, in what conservationists described Monday as a “historic” step. After 16 years of work, including the establishment of mainland Australia’s largest Tasmanian devil breeding programme, Faulkner said it was “incredible and surreal” to have reached the goal. “Our biggest native …

Wild Faulkner Ark Aussie Tasmanian Devils

4 years, 4 months ago

K'gari (Fraser Island) dingo activists welcome removal of controversial GPS collar

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A controversial GPS tracking collar has been removed from a dingo on K'gari. Key points: Local dingo activists have held concerns about the impact of GPS collars on dingoes The Queensland Government says collars have had no impact on dingo welfare Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch says the Government is discussing the future of the dingo collar program with K'Gari traditional …

Island Dingoes Collar Fraser Island Dingo

4 years, 5 months ago

Fraser Island dingo fences newly built around beachfront camp sites aim to stop attacks

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Heading to Fraser Island these school holidays? "With the COVID lockdowns there hasn't been that many people on the island at all," Dr Allen said. Queensland's Department of Environment and Science said the project cost $500,000 and the fenced camping areas were designed "to reduce the incidence of negative interactions between wongari and visitors". "We probably know more about Fraser …

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European wasps threaten Australian biodiversity

Dingo hunting bounty petition raised after two 'pets' go missing from the Murchison's Wooleen Station

Girl bitten by dingo on K'gari (Fraser Island) while fishing with large family group

Farmer say wild dogs or dingoes slaughtering sheep as government refuses to help with control measures

Nine-year-old girl bitten by dingo on K'gari (Fraser Island) in first week of school holidays

Dingo bites 7yo girl on K'gari, prompting school holiday safety warning to tourists

Two children attacked by dingoes on K'gari, prompting rangers to investigate

K'gari dingo population healthy and fed despite public concerns, experts say

Queensland man fined for feeding dingoes on K'Gari as rangers urge visitors to be safe these school holidays

K'gari has suffered a spike in dingo attacks — what is behind it and what can we humans do to avoid them?

What to do if a dingo approaches you or your family on K'gari (Fraser Island)

Woman attacked by four dingoes on K'gari (Fraser Island)

Dingo attacks on K'gari (Fraser Island) spark school holiday warnings as animal euthanased

DNA research finds most wild dogs in Qld, NSW are pure dingoes, sparking calls for protection

Purebred dingoes more common than researchers thought, genetic study finds

Dingoes won't roam the Grampians, but new park plan also curtails climbing, camping

Collar camera captures world-first day in life of a dingo on Queensland's K'gari Fraser Island

Dingo bites young boy at Orchid Beach on Fraser Island

Pure alpine dingo cubs found in Victoria's High Country reveal threatened species still exists, experts say

Tasmanian Devils That Had Almost Gone Extinct 3000 Years Ago Released in Australian Mainland

K'gari (Fraser Island) dingo activists welcome removal of controversial GPS collar

Fraser Island dingo fences newly built around beachfront camp sites aim to stop attacks