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Are there ecological benefits behind proposals to return Tasmanian devils to the mainland and dingoes to south-eastern Australia, or is “rewilding” simply “biological control” rebranded? |
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Dingo Poisoning Harms Native Mammals
Poisoning of dingoes – the top predators in the Australian bush – has a deleterious effect on small native mammals such as marsupial mice, bandicoots and native rodents, according to research conducted in forested national parks in NSW. |
Genetic analyses suggest that in a single colonising event the dingo reached Australia during the
Holocene. Since rising seas had already inundated the land bridge connecting Australia to South-East Asia, the dingo must have been accompanying an ancient human sailor. |
Dingoes are considered a pest by land managers in Central Australia, but it turns out they are effective pest managers of feral cats and foxes – until the rains come. |
What role can devils and dingoes play in curbing Australia’s rate of species extinctions? |
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Dingos May Have Outfoxed Tigers
New evidence suggests that thylacines were driven to extinction on the mainland by dingo attacks rather than competition for food, as previously thought. |
