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

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 pups likely became orphaned after their parents were trapped and shot The discovery of "Myrtle" and "Moko" comes less than two years after the finding of Wandi, the purebred Alpine Dingo. The Beechworth locals were riding their bikes on a private timber plantation, near Myrtleford, when Mr McCarthy found four starving orphaned dingo cubs around a hollow log. "Myrtle and Moko show no evidence of domestic dog ancestry and following on from the rescues of Wandi and Sooty, they are yet again another reminder that wild dingoes are persisting in Victoria," Dr Cairns said.