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Big Desert Dingo Research

@bigdesertdingo

Dingo research collaborator, focusing on the Big Desert eco-type.

Victoria, Australia Katılım Kasım 2020
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Biodiversity Council
Biodiversity Council@Biodivcouncil·
After a four-year delay, the @Vic_Gov has released a disappointing response to the recommendations of an Expert Advisory Panel which reviewed the 1975 Wildlife Act, rejecting many critical and sensible recommendations. See our assessment: biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/no-ambiti…
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Marty Colbert
Marty Colbert@colbert_marty·
Let's Talk About Scat, Baby! 🐾 NW Vic dingo research ignores the real action beyond park boundaries—where culls & livestock hits spike. West Wimmera Action Group's probe on Cairns' 2023 study reveals scat secrets. Quick hooks: · Hybridization 101: Dingo-dog crosses dilute traits—>7% dog = recent; 55–93% dingo = historical. · Scat Dominance: 60–70% of NW Vic DNA from poop, claiming low hybrids (13% recent) & lifting 2024 unprotection. · Park Bias?: Inside focus misses outside culled aggressors—skewed purity? · Advocacy Ties: ADF funding & pro-dingo collaborators raise potential conflicts, no taint proven. Deep dive: Defining hybridization as dingo-domestic crossbreeding clarifies the stakes: Cairns' scat-reliant purity work (estimated at 60–70% scat in NW Vic, based on available disclosures) reframed dingoes as resilient natives, influencing policy shifts like the 2024 protections. Yet, the high scat percentage, sourced via advocacy-linked networks, suggests potential site biases toward low-hybrid zones—meriting independent metadata audits to ensure representativeness. In this polarised multi million $$ debate, no bias is proven, but revisiting raw data via third-party reanalysis is essential to ensure unfiltered genomic truth. Read our probe! 🔗 #DingoResearch #ScatScience #NWVic #Conservation
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Big Desert Dingo Research@bigdesertdingo·
@colbert_marty You need to retract and publicly apologise to Dr Kylie Cairns and myself for these defamatory comments and outright lies.
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Big Desert Dingo Research@bigdesertdingo·
@colbert_marty You obviously have not verified a thing or read Dr Cairns' 2023 study, because if you had, you'd know that study did not use scats samples or scat swabs at all. Insane that a REGISTERED CHARITY is deliberately misinforming the public and its members.
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Michael Dahlstrom
Michael Dahlstrom@mb_dahlstrom·
An image of a black dingo was used for a controversial council campaign, sparking an uproar from the photographer and advocates for the Australian native animal. au.news.yahoo.com/council-delete…
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Michael Dahlstrom
Michael Dahlstrom@mb_dahlstrom·
Dingo population estimates in Australia’s capital are so low a researcher is warning they could be on a “trajectory towards extinction”. A true population figure isn't known, but a gov survey concluded there are a minimum of 49 dingoes in Namadgi NP. au.yahoo.com/news/warning-c…
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John Bennett
John Bennett@johngbennett·
@bigdesertdingo @Steve_Dimo Not at all. The system has been in balance for 100 years with judicious control of rogue dingos that left the park. The wanton killing and maiming of livestock has only occurred after the unprotection order was lifted. That’s an irrefutable fact.
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John Bennett
John Bennett@johngbennett·
This is extremely graphic. Activists with no knowledge of local ecosystems were instrumental in preventing control of dingoes in NW Vic in 2024. Since then 1 local farmer alone has recently lost 400 lambs to dingo attack. @Steve_Dimo please don’t turn your back on rural Victoria
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Another brutal start to the day. 2 prime ewes mauled and now deceased. 2 more being monitored. Tracks located and DEECA cameras onsite captured dingos entering this paddock facebook.com/groups/2086524…

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Big Desert Dingo Research@bigdesertdingo·
@stationmum101 We've hired many during harvest. They're generally the most reliable and will listen to what they're told. We've also had many return for consecutive years.
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Gillian Fennell
Gillian Fennell@stationmum101·
Has anyone had any experience hiring grey nomads? How much can you pay them?
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John Bennett
John Bennett@johngbennett·
Lots happening in the little desert including discovery of a dingo breeding program with dingos seen in the wild in previous mths. No consultation and dire consequences for the farming community and wildlife recovering from devastating fires. Where are the relevant authorities?
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John Bennett
John Bennett@johngbennett·
@NationalFarmers @VicFarmers @VicGovAg @DEECA_Vic Dingo advocates intent on introducing dingos into previously uninhabited areas including Little Desert,Grampians and Otways and confirmed local dingo sightings has prompted a community meeting to highlight the issues.Retweet
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Guy Ballard
Guy Ballard@DingoResearch·
@Litoriaraniform @UniNewEngland My gut reaction was ‘it looks like a dog’. You might argue for fox but I think there are subtleties re the muzzle and top of chest that make dog more likely. Tough one! Why were ppl interested in what it was?
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Guy Ballard
Guy Ballard@DingoResearch·
A #dingo in the mist. Autumn scene from Oxley Wild Rivers National Park c/o Practical Ecology Science & Technology Group @UniNewEngland
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