Remains of the Old Early 1900’s Dingo Proof Fence – Dumbleyung – Great Southern – Western Australia

Southern Western Australian Dingo is now Extinct! So Sad

WA Dingo Association – Dingo Facts

By all definitions a native animal which is historically documented by all explorers from 1600’s onwards.
It has adapted and evolved to be a unique Australian species over 5 – 10,000 years. Rock art and fossil remains evidence the antiquity of the species as a naturally evolved canine without any of the specific selected traits associated with interference by man. The dingo colonised the entire mainland of Australia, yet is now only to be found in remote and inaccessible fragmented habitats not seen as useful to humans.

* Now scientifically proven to be a keystone trophic modulator for bio-diversity in all its habitats. Where the dingo is in stable social habitation small native species survive in a healthy state including Bilbies, Quolls and rare wallabies and possums. Where the dingo has been “controlled” read: exterminated – these same small native creatures have fallen into local extinction due to fox and cat predation. After 100 years of the Dingo Barrier fence the once “fertile pasture” is now nothing but barren bedrock, while the “outside” continues to support healthy native vegetation and many rare species

* The dingo is our only natural selective suppressant of foxes, feral cats, rabbits, wild pigs and goats. Non-selective toxins can never hope to emulate natural modulation by predator species. All healthy ecosystems exhibit healthy prey species such as eagles, small raptors, goannas. Where they are absent – so is biodiversity. That is the key to the aboriginal regard for the dingo

More to this story
http://www.wadingo.com/Dingo_Facts.html

Dingo

The Dingo is Australia’s wild dog. It was probably introduced to Australia by Asian seafarers about 4,000 years ago. Its origins have been traced back to a south Asian variety of Grey Wolf (Canis lupus lupus). Recent DNA studies suggest that Dingoes may have been in Australia even longer (between 4,640-18,1000 years; Oskarsson et al 2011), however, the earliest undisputed archaeological finding of the Dingo in Australia has been dated to 3,500 years ago

tandard Common Name
Dingo

Identification
The Dingo, Canis lupus dingo, is a placental mammal which means it gives birth to live young, feeds its young via mammary glands that produce milk and has fur or hair of some form. The colour of a Dingo’s coat is largely determined by where it lives. The ‘standard’ coat colour is ginger with white feet. However in the desert areas, the fur is more golden yellow while in forested areas the fur can be a darker tan to black. The body fur is short while the tail is quite bushy.

Its dog-like appearance with a relatively broad head and erect ears, makes the Dingo Australia’s largest mammal carnivore. With canine teeth longer than those of a domestic dog, the dingo’s muzzle is also longer and tapered.

Size range
Shoulder height: 440-620mm, Body length: 860-1230mm, Tail: 260-380mm, Body mass: 12-24kg.

Distribution
Having been in Australia for over 4,000 years, Dingoes inhabited many parts of mainland Australia but never became established in Tasmania. After European colonisation and the growth of pastoralisation, there was a concerted effort to remove Dingoes from farming areas. As a result, Dingoes are mostly absent from many parts of New South Wales, Victoria, the south-eastern third of South Australia and from the southern-most tip of Western Australia.

Dingoes are regarded as common throughout the remainder of Australia except in the arid eastern half of Western Australia, nearby parts of South Australia and the Northern Territory.

Source
australianmuseum.net.au/dingo
http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/dingo

The Dingo Proof Fence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo_Fence

Rabbit Proof Fence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit-proof_fence

The Rabbit Proof Fence Movie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit-Proof_Fence_(film)

Old Abandoned Vehicles, Bush Tracks, Rusty Relics and Dirty Old Bottles

Remains of the Old Dingo Proof Fence – Dumbleyung – Great Southern – Western Australia