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Why dingoes should be considered native to mainland Australia – even though humans introduced them

  • Written by Peter Banks, Professor of Conservation Biology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
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Dingoes are often demonised as a danger to livestock, while many consider them a natural and essential part of the environment. But is our most controversial wild species actually native to Australia?

Dingoes were brought to Australia by humans from Southeast Asia some 4,000 years ago. Technically, this means they are an introduced...

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