Australia; NSW; VIC; WA
Sightings of dingoes and livestock impacts from dingo attacks were rare or non-existent between the 1940s and 2000, but since then, the population has bounced back, according to Australian research. The researchers say that, with effective control measures and economic forces from the wool industry, alongside a local community that prioritised eradicating dingoes, successful dingo control in the region was possible. The re-establishment of dingoes after 2000 coincided with changes in social, environmental and economic conditions, including the shift from sheep to cattle grazing in the region. The authors say that this implies that effective eradication of dingoes may be possible with adequate resources, high regional income, and a high community priority, but without those pressures, dingoes may re-establish and effective control becomes difficult.
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