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dingo

[ding-goh] / ˈdɪŋ goʊ /




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"Pre-mortem dingo bite marks are not likely to have caused immediate death," said a spokesperson for the Coroners Court of Queensland.

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

“Euthanizing a high-risk dingo is always a last resort and the tough decision by the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service was supported by the island’s traditional owners, the Butchulla people,” a service statement said.

From Seattle Times Jul. 19, 2023

To Aboriginal Australia, isolated from Eurasia by the water barriers of the Indonesian Archipelago, Eurasia’s sole proven contribution was the dingo.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

In 2023, a woman jogging along a beach on K'Gari was attacked by dingoes, forcing her to run into the ocean.

From BBC Mar. 5, 2026

Australian authorities have sparked a backlash by killing a group of dingoes linked to the death of a young Canadian woman on an island in the country's east.

From Barron's Jan. 28, 2026

They’re threatened by conflict with humans, dogs and dingoes and a disease called Devil Facial Tumor Disease that only affects the species.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2025

"This reflects the close bond between people and dingoes and their almost-human status."

From Science Daily Oct. 20, 2023

As dingoes worry sheep, the first task of a squatter is to get rid of them.

From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Howard Willoughby




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