dingo

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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

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

“Something different is happening over the past two years,” Seymour said, referring to the frequency on dingo interactions with people.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 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