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 …
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 …
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 …
Australia — home to countless unique animals and ecosystems — is also home to the world's longest fence. The dingo fence starts in the green fields of Queensland's Darling Downs and stretches through New South Wales and South Australia before it abruptly ends on a high cliff's edge above the Great Australian Bight. Those differences begin with animals that are …