WILD DOG CONTROL
About Wild Dogs
Quick facts
Wild dogs (which by definition include all wild-living dogs, such as dingoes, feral dogs and their hybrids) prey on a variety of animals including mammals, birds and reptiles of all sizes from insects to water buffalo. However, they prefer to eat small and medium-sized mammals when available, including native mice, dunnarts, bandicoots and wallabies. Wild dogs have been implicated in the decline of several species, both historically and in the recent past.
Dingoes originated in Asia where they were present possibly 10 000 to 14 000 years ago and were derived from wolves. Aboriginal people brought the dingo to Australia approximately 4000 years ago. The dingo never reached Tasmania. Domestic dogs were brought into Australia by Europeans in 1788 and their release into the wild has continued since. Both dingoes and wild domestic dogs are the same species, Canis familiaris.
Quick facts
- Economic impact – $89.3 million on average, per year in lost agricultural productivity (McLeod, 2016)
- Environmental impact – threat to 14 endangered or vulnerable native mammal, reptile and bird species listed under the EPBC Act (NWDAP 2020-2030)
- Social impact – wild dog predation on livestock causes serious emotional and psychological damage to landholders and their families (NWDAP 2020-2030)
Wild dogs (which by definition include all wild-living dogs, such as dingoes, feral dogs and their hybrids) prey on a variety of animals including mammals, birds and reptiles of all sizes from insects to water buffalo. However, they prefer to eat small and medium-sized mammals when available, including native mice, dunnarts, bandicoots and wallabies. Wild dogs have been implicated in the decline of several species, both historically and in the recent past.
Dingoes originated in Asia where they were present possibly 10 000 to 14 000 years ago and were derived from wolves. Aboriginal people brought the dingo to Australia approximately 4000 years ago. The dingo never reached Tasmania. Domestic dogs were brought into Australia by Europeans in 1788 and their release into the wild has continued since. Both dingoes and wild domestic dogs are the same species, Canis familiaris.
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