dingo

Wildlife experts said killing the animals was the wrong response and may threaten the island's dingo population, estimated at just 70-200 animals.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

In a statement to the BBC, the coroner also said there were "extensive post-mortem dingo bite marks" and that no evidence anyone else was involved.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026

Altadena was where people raised chickens before it was trendy, where no one batted an eye at the neighbors with a pet dingo, or thought much about the so-called haunted road said to defy gravity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026

It's said that a dog is a man's best friend, but the wild dingo is much maligned in Australia.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2023

There is no evidence of any new technology or introduction reaching Australia from Indonesia, after Australia’s initial colonization 40,000 years ago, until the dingo appeared around 1500 B.C.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The remains came from both native and introduced animals, including cows, kangaroos, emus, sheep, pigs, dingoes, rabbits, possums, quolls and swamp rats.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

A Canadian backpacker died from drowning after she was attacked by dingoes on a popular Australian beach, a coroner has found.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

Six of the dingoes had already been euthanised, the state's environment minister, Andrew Powell, told reporters Sunday.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

They’re threatened by conflict with humans, dogs and dingoes and a disease called Devil Facial Tumor Disease that only affects the species.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025

The patient dingoes watched the whole performance closely, licking their chops while Bill ate his breakfast, and again when he placed the cooked half-rabbit on the log.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Robert Hugh Buxton