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Dogs (not) gone wild: DNA tests show most 'wild dogs' in Australia are pure dingoes

26 Mar 2021

It’s time to take dingoes out of the doghouse. 

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Dingo effects on ecosystem visible from space

24 Feb 2021

Satellite images taken over three decades show that keeping dingoes out comes at a price.

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All the colours of the dingo: not just a yellow dog

16 Feb 2021

Animals assumed to be dingo-dog hybrids based on their coat colour and culled may have been pure dingoes, a study involving UNSW finds.  

Dingo's long-lost cousin found in the New Guinea Highlands

14 Sep 2020

DNA testing has confirmed that a small population of wild dogs in the remote New Guinea Highlands are direct ancestors of the New Guinea singing dogs – a rare cani

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Hey, cuz! Dingo relatives alive in remote New Guinea Highlands

02 Sep 2020

Dingoes, meet your long-lost cousins: New Guinea singing dogs and Highland wild dogs.

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Dingoes have gotten bigger over the last 80 years – and pesticides might be to blame

03 Aug 2020

The average size of a dingo is increasing, but only in areas where poison-baits are used, a collaborative study led by UNSW Sydney shows. 

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It’s not ‘wild dog’ management – we are just killing dingoes

01 Nov 2019

Dingo or just wild dog? A new study busts the misconception that pure dingoes are extinct in NSW – and finds several ‘dingo hotspots’ around the state.

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Dog owners could take the lead on dingo conservation with a ‘Fido fund’

18 Jul 2019

The cost of management of Australia's native dog could be shared among dog lovers.

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Dogged researchers show that dingoes keep feral cats in check

08 Apr 2019

Dingoes play a key role in the conservation of Australian outback ecosystems by suppressing feral cat populations, a UNSW Sydney study has found.

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Careful using that f-word to describe dingoes, study warns

13 Feb 2019

A UNSW Sydney study says more evidence is needed before declaring the dingo a feral animal, casting a shadow over state governments’ justification for culling Australia’s largest carnivorous mammal.

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