dingo
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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
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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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