Dingo: The True Story of Australia's Most Maligned Native Animal - Paperback
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Dingo: The True Story of Australia's Most Maligned Native Animal - Paperback
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by Roland Breckwoldt (Author)
Australia's dingoes are increasingly under threat of extinction after two centuries of mythmaking, bounties and poisoning. This is the real story of the dingo.
Dingoes have been the scapegoat for sheep farmers' financial struggles since the early colonial years. Governments have responded with bounties for killing dingoes, baiting programs, and thousands of kilometers of fences. The livestock industry claims dingoes are not genuine native animals, just feral domestic dogs. Dangerous interactions with tourists at campsites keep negative stories about dingoes in the news. But the tide is turning. Science shows there's little interbreeding with domestic dogs, and that dingoes play an integral role in maintaining ecological balance, including by keeping kangaroos and wild pigs and goats in check. Now dingo numbers are perilously low in many areas. Will Australia be willing to protect the dingo before it's too late? Roland Breckwoldt unravels the myths and prejudices to tell the true story of an Australian icon.Author Biography
Roland Breckwoldt worked on cattle stations before becoming a leading consultant in natural resource management and a recognized authority on the dingo. He was made a Fellow of the University of New England and a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University. He is the author of a memoir, The New Ringer, and of two books which have won the Royal Zoological Society Whitley Medal: Wildlife in the Home Paddock and The Dingo: A Very Elegant Animal.
Number of Pages: 352
Publication Date: August 04, 2026