Australian WildDog
The dingo (Canis dingo) is an iconic Australian native animal which is loved by a huge majority of the populace. Recently, there has been a marked shift in the public and scientific communities' attitude toward the role and protection of dingoes in Australia. This is because their crucial function in the Australian ecosystem (as top order predators), and their regulation and suppression of pest species such as foxes and feral cats, has now been officially recognised.
Sadly, the dingo has suffered the same fate as the grey wolf by coming into conflict with graziers, and becoming a convenient scapegoat for profit losses. On deeper investigation, it is often found that the fear of what may be possible is more real than what does, or is likely to occur. He also has bad press due to the Azzaria Chamberlain case(when a baby was taken and other deaths.)
The Dingo Fence or Dog Fence is a pest-exclusion fence that was built in Australia during the 1880s and finished in 1885, to keep dingoes out of the relatively fertile south-east part of the continent (where they had largely been exterminated) and protect the sheep flocks of southern Queensland. It is one of the longest structures in the world and is the world's longest fence. It stretches 5,614 km (3,488 mi) from Jimbour on the Darling Downs near Dalby through thousands of kilometres of arid land ending west of Eyre peninsula on cliffs of the Nullarbor Plain above the Great Australian Bight near Nundroo. It has been partly successful, though dingoes can still be found in parts of the southern states. Although the fence has helped reduce losses of sheep to predators, this has been countered by holes in fences found in the 1990s through which dingo offspring have passed and by increased pasture competition from rabbits and kangaroos.. This dingo was taken on the wrong side of the fence in South Australia
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