dingo

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Wildlife experts said killing the animals was the wrong response and may threaten the island's dingo population, estimated at just 70-200 animals.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

In a statement to the BBC, the coroner also said there were "extensive post-mortem dingo bite marks" and that no evidence anyone else was involved.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 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

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