But 20 leading researchers have confirmed in a new study that the dingo is actually a unique, Australian species in its own right. Since the arrival of British settlers over 230 years ago ...

The majority of Australian canines being culled are, therefore, pure-bred dingoes. The turning-point ... towards becoming an entirely new species. The findings are not all that surprising.

As adorably dog-like as they may appear, Australia's dingoes have had a complicated, bad-to-the-bone reputation throughout history. Farmers and land-owners Down Under have long seen the canine ...

Australia — home to countless unique animals and ecosystems — is also home to the world's longest fence. It is aimed at a single species, but the dingo fence has transformed the environment ...

told Australian Geographic. “It tells us that most of the animals being killed as wild dogs or as an invasive pest are actually dingoes, and dingoes are a native animal, so they have been culling a ...

Animals Australia, an animal welfare group ... and ignored pleas from Traditional Owners who “treasure the dingo as a totem species”. The controversy raises a few thorny questions.

Currently, dingoes are killed in, or fenced out of, large parts of Australia due to their perceived threat to livestock. Lethal control of invasive species remains important to protect native ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP ... old boy and nipped a 42-year-old French tourist on the buttocks. Dingoes are a protected species. Visitors to the island are warned to beware of dingoes.

one survey of dingo attacks between 2001 and 2015 published in the Journal of the Australian Mammal Society found that over half of the attacks had involved a chase, sometimes by the humans ...

K'gari is home to some of Australia's purest dingoes because domestic dogs have long been banned. Dingoes are a protected species and authorities are considering how they can more safely coexist ...

7.30 can reveal the Australian Capital Territory is working on a new plan to manage dingoes as a native species after a follow-up study of 20 animals from Namadgi National Park showed all were 100 ...