All the colours of the dingo: not just a yellow dog
Diane Nazroff UNSW Newsroom | 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.
There is no coat colour that distinguishes dingoes from dingo-dog hybrids, a study involving UNSW Sydney has found… read more
A unique Australian Dingo opportunity
The Daily Telegraph | at the Dingo Sanctuary Bargo
A UNIQUE Australian opportunity is waiting in Bargo, giving visitors the chance to cuddle a dingo pup – 3 November 2017… read more
Sandy the dingo wins world’s most interesting genome competition
Deborah Smith | University of New South Wales
A wild-born, pure Australian desert dingo called Sandy Maliki has taken out first place in the World’s Most Interesting Genome competition… read more
Sandy the pure desert dingo takes on the world
Deborah Smith | University of New South Wales
A proposal by a UNSW scientist to study the DNA of a wild-born Australian desert dingo called Sandy has been announced as one of five finalists in the World’s Most Interesting Genome competition… read more
The Culling of Australia’s Dingoes Is Having a Strange Effect on Plant Life
by Jacinta Bowler | 16 December 2016
We all know that animals need plants to survive, but most of us wouldn’t expect the culling of wild dingoes in outback Australia to have an effect on native grass… read more
Australia’s dingoes: Vital yet villainised
Evan Quartermain | Humane Society International
Since colonisation Australia’s dingoes have been relentlessly persecuted, mostly in the name of protecting farm animals. The archaic and cruel methods used to kill them remain largely unchanged in 200 years… read more
Dingo relative rediscovered in remote highlands of New Guinea
By Kerri Worthington
Scientists have confirmed the existence of an ancient dog species in one of the world’s most remote places … read more
From the Ashes – Wollondilly Sanctuaries Project
Rotary Club of Picton NSW | 4 June 2020
The Rotary Club of Picton is delighted to announce support to the Australian Wildlife Sanctuary and the Bargo Dingo Sanctuary of grants totalling $100,000 to assist with bushfire recovery after the fire ripped through the site on the 19th of December 2019 via Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS)… read more
The facts about dingo DNA testing – reliability and accuracy
by Kylie Cairns, PhD | Population Geneticist
There are several options to carry out ancestry testing on dingoes in Australia, however, not all tests are accurate and there are several limitations that users should be aware of when considering DNA test results – as pet owners, captive breeding sanctuaries or wildlife managers. Here I answer some common questions about DNA testing technology and the limitations of these methods… read more
Careful using that f-word to describe dingoes, study warns
Lachlan Gilbert | University of New South Wales
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… read more
The Kid Bucket List
Where to See Wild Dingoes in Australia
We had an amazing time at the Sanctuary today. We shared it on our site and social media – Leah Smileski – 8 July 2017… read more
So, You Want to Own a Dingo
by Berenice Walters | Part 3
Many people today still think that owning a dingo is the same as owning any breed of domestic dog. This is just not the case and was a matter that concerned Berenice many years ago… read more
The ‘buffalo lady’ of Burraduc
aleonaswegen, ABC Open contributor | 16 May 2017
Elena Swegen has been advocating for a change of attitude towards predators for many years, having noticed the immense degradation of areas where dingoes have been eliminated and consequently replaced by excessive numbers … read more
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