Managing the Impacts of Dingoes and Other Wild Dogs
Author: Peter Fleming
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780642704948
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Peter Fleming
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780642704948
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Bureau Of Resource Sciences Staff
Publisher:
Published: 1993-12-01
Total Pages: 123
ISBN-13: 9780644292405
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Brad Purcell
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 0643096930
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Many present-day Australians see the dingo as a threat and a pest to human production systems. An alternative viewpoint, which is more in tune with Indigenous culture, allows others to see the dingo as a means to improve human civilisation. The dingo has thus become trapped between the status of pest animal and totemic creature. This book helps readers to recognise this dichotomy, as a deeper understanding of dingo behaviour is now possible through new technologies which have made it easier to monitor their daily lives.
Author: Bradley Smith
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Published: 2015-08-03
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 1486300316
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Dingo Debate explores the intriguing and relatively unknown story of Australia’s most controversial animal – the dingo. Throughout its existence, the dingo has been shaped by its interactions with human societies. With this as a central theme, the book traces the story of the dingo from its beginnings as a semi-domesticated wild dog in South-east Asia, to its current status as a wild Australian native animal under threat of extinction. It describes how dingoes made their way to Australia, their subsequent relationship with Indigenous Australians, their successful adaption to the Australian landscape and their constant battle against the agricultural industry. During these events, the dingo has demonstrated an unparalleled intelligence and adaptable nature seen in few species. The book concludes with a discussion of what the future of the dingo in Australia might look like, what we can learn from our past relationship with dingoes and how this can help to allow a peaceful co-existence. The Dingo Debate reveals the real dingo beneath the popular stereotypes, providing an account of the dingo’s behaviour, ecology, impacts and management according to scientific and scholarly evidence rather than hearsay. This book will appeal to anyone with an interest in Australian natural history, wild canids, and the relationship between humans and carnivores.
Author: Matthew E. Gompper
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 0199663211
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This edited volume adopts a global perspective to review how dogs interact with wildlife, how humans perceive these interactions, the potential importance of dog-wildlife interactions, and the scope of the problems.
Author: Lee Allen
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9783659302756
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This research evaluates the impact of wild dogs on beef cattle calves in extensive grazing systems. Although annual calf loss caused by wild dogs can be as high as 32%, in most years predation loss could not be detected. Surprisingly, calf predation was higher and occurred more often where baiting had occurred compared to adjoining areas where baiting had not occurred. I speculate that dispersing wild dogs that re-colonise baited areas kill more calves than wild dogs in stable packs because they lack the group hunting skills and group size to efficiently switch to larger (kangaroo) prey when smaller, preferred prey become unavailable (especially during drought). 1080 baiting programs had no detectable short or long-term impact on reptile, bird, feral cat or native carnivore activity. These data show that while wild dogs have significant capacity to prey on beef cattle calves, wild dog control is unnecessary provided alternative prey resources are available and wild dogs are in stable populations. Coordinating control at a regional level to avoid wild dogs re-colonising is only beneficial in years, seasons or situations of low, preferred-prey availability.