Dingo Management Essay
Dingo management essay
Introduction:
“A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity,stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise” Aldo Leopold.
Human beings are dominant on this Mother Nature and all other species living on this earth. In past 200 years almost half of the mammalian extinctions worldwide took place in Australia. Humans are separate from, and superior to, nature. Nature should be exploited for human benefit. Nature has no agency, spirit, soul, rights of its own. Animals and plants are more like machines to humans. There are many species which have already extinct from this planet and there are many more which are on the verge of extinction. In past 200 years almost half …show more content…
of the mammalian extinctions worldwide took place in Australia. This essay talk about one of those endangered species which is about to extinct from Australia which is Dingo.
History of Dingo In Australia.
Dingo have constrained Australia about 4000 years, which is more than enough to become an important part of the ecological system as a top order predator.(Fleming et al. 2001). The dingo was imported to Australia from southern Asia by Asian seafarers(Fleming et al. 2001). Indigenous and tribal people compliment the dingo as vital in the practical manner for haunting and companionship and also in traditional sense. There are still different ceremonies which are held for dingoes, there are number of sites which show footprint of travels of the dingo. (Rose 1992). Wild dingo population was spread all over Australia and they become important functional element of the natural ecosystem.(Fleming et al. 2001). Dingoes have important cultural and environmental significance but still they have number of undesirable and negative impacts. They can cause serious economic loss of pastoral production and …show more content…
they are known for their ability to prey upon domestic livestock. They can also cause damage to survival of remnant population of native fauna. Prior to European Settlement when the agriculture establishment in Australia was at its heights at that time Australia has significantly decreased dingo distribution. (Fleming et al. 2001). Dingoes caused a lot of adverse impact on agriculture specially predation of livestock which resulted in removal and killing of dingoes from the areas of intense primary production. In late 1880s all the state government had passes legislations in regards to removal of dingoes. (Breckwoldt 1988). In early 1990s,to exclude dingoes various programmes such as barrier fences, trapping land clearing, poisoning had been established to remove dingoes from sheep generating district. These programmes resulted in extinction of dingoes over their previous range in southern Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales. (Fleming et al. 2001) 90% hybrids Many hybrids Pure Dingo (In many areas pure dingoes are existing with hybrids)
Source: Australian Dingo Conservation
1. Dingo in Danger
• Hybridisation with Domestic Dogs: European settlement brings the concept of domestic dogs with themselves. There were large numbers of domestic dogs spread throughout the Australia, specifically in the field where dingo population had been extremely decreased. Domestic dogs and dingoes interbreed freely with each other. Wild dogs are used to define as dingoes, feral dogs, and their hybrid collectively.
Hybridisation with domestic dogs have resulted in the serious risk to the long term conservation of the dingo (Corbett 2001; Wilton 2001). Only 10% of all the wild dogs are pure dingoes throughout the Australia as shown in map 2.
• Human- caused Mortality: there is a major role of humans in decreased number of population of dingoes. Poisoning, trapping and shooting had neen practiced throughout Australia. Source:Dingo Bait Fence (William Leo,2001)
• Habitat Loss: human population is rapidly increasing, they are moving further into ideal dingo habitat. Line of demarcation between dingoes and domestic dogs is decreased. This boost the interaction between dingoes, domestic dogs and wild dogs.
• Disease and Deadbeat: Dingoes are vulnerable to most of the disease that affect domestic dogs (Fleming et al. 2001). The majority of these disease have some effect on the survival of adult dingoes.
2. Importance of dingo:
• Ecological role: dingoes have a serious importance in maintaining ecological structure. They overthrow herbivores and mesopredators (cats and foxes), which encourages small mammals (eg: hopping mice, kowaris etc) to raise in plenty. Dingoes ecological influence is so vital that in fact, number of species can only sustain where dingoes are present. • Cultural role of dingoes: They are well connected with the indigenous people and culture. Dingoes are the part of numerous ceremonies, dreamtime stories, as well as rock carving and cave painting ( Rose D,1992). They are also connected to the rituals, holy places and totems. There is proof and signs that to protect the owner even after death dingoes are buried with their owner (Kolig E,1978)
Source: Rock Carving (Tegan Victoria, 2005)
• Tourism: It encourages the tourism industry in Australia. There are several which are offered to see dingoes.
Source: Fraser Fingo-Blog
3. Current dingo management projects:
There are number of legislation and international obligations which are related to dingo management for example The Animal Welfare Act(1999), Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act (2000) etc.
• Their aim and objective:
The main aim of these management projects is to make sure the continued survival of wild dingo population in Australia.
Management measures:
There are various number of measures which needs to be taken care of they are as following:
• Support viable population of the wild dingo: the main aim of these management projects is to maintain the population of pure dingoes throughout Australia.Dingoes population is not controlled in non-agriculture land park and reserves unless management recommend predator management.
• Reduce the level of predation livestock by dingoes: Dingo control is not practiced by the wildlife service and parks. Dingo control in remote tourist resorts and municipal areas is not conducted by Parks and Wildlife Services. Strategic approach of management is encouraged among landholders especially in the areas where livestock is most at risk.
• Necessary step to reduce the cross-breeding between dingoes and domestic dogs: Level of hybridisation is frequently monitored to make sure that the genetic status of dingo population is maintained. Member of public which are permitted to keep dingo should take care of the hybridisation with other dogs.
• Reduce the threat to native fauna population by dingo: dingo management may be required time to time for conservation purpose of native fauna. However, some studies suggest that removal of dingoes may result in increase of subordinate predators like foxes and cats which may cause even greater loss of fauna.
• Reduce the threat of dingo attack on humans: deliberately feeding and attacking is actively discouraged to visitors in national park. There is law against people deliberately feeding protected wildlife. To raise awareness of this issue information is advertised to the wider community.
• New information and technologies should be utilised to adapt and revise the management of dingoes.
• Public awareness and involvement promotion: community education which focus on the profits of cattle production of strategic control and benefits of preserving pure dingoes population in long run.
Proper attention is given on the impacts of hybridisation between domestic dogs and dingoes.
• Promote benefits of strategic dingo management and ecological role
.
• To make sure that dingo management satisfy with indigenous customary law.
Conclusion:
There are many significant steps taken by the government in past few years but still there is more to do. Public awareness and information sharing will make this conservation process stronger. More and more people should be educated and aware to the conservation process as it is our duty to save incredible species on our planet. We should understand that every living organism have the same right to live as we all humans we should not disturb the natural bio diversity as it has consequences which can never be healed.
References:
Breckwoldt R. (1988). A Very Elegant Animal: The Dingo. Angus and Robertson, Sydney.
Corbett L. (2001). The conservation status of the dingo Canis lupus dingo in Australia, with particular reference to New South Wales: threats to pure dingoes and potential solutions. Pp. 10-19 in: C. Dickman and D. Lunney (eds) A Symposium on the Dingo. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mossman
NSW
Fleming P.J.S. and Korn T.J. (1989). Predation of livestock by wild dogs in eastern New South Wales. Australian Rangelands Journal 11: 61-66.
Fleming P., Corbett L., Harden R. and Thomson P. (2001). Managing the impacts of dingoes and other wild dogs. Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra.
http://www.dingoconservation.org.au/dingo-threats.html http://www.hermonslade.org.au/projects/HSF_08_11/hsf_08_11.html http://www.fraserdingo4wdhire.com.au/blog/?blogstart=6
Kolig,E (1978). Anoriginal Dogmatics: canines in theory, myth and dogma. Leiden
Rose D.B. (1992). Dingo Makes Us Human: Life and Land in an Aboriginal Australian Culture. Cambridge University Press, Victoria.
Introduction:
“A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity,stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise” Aldo Leopold.
Human beings are dominant on this Mother Nature and all other species living on this earth. In past 200 years almost half of the mammalian extinctions worldwide took place in Australia. Humans are separate from, and superior to, nature. Nature should be exploited for human benefit. Nature has no agency, spirit, soul, rights of its own. Animals and plants are more like machines to humans. There are many species which have already extinct from this planet and there are many more which are on the verge of extinction. In past 200 years almost half …show more content…
of the mammalian extinctions worldwide took place in Australia. This essay talk about one of those endangered species which is about to extinct from Australia which is Dingo.
History of Dingo In Australia.
Dingo have constrained Australia about 4000 years, which is more than enough to become an important part of the ecological system as a top order predator.(Fleming et al. 2001). The dingo was imported to Australia from southern Asia by Asian seafarers(Fleming et al. 2001). Indigenous and tribal people compliment the dingo as vital in the practical manner for haunting and companionship and also in traditional sense. There are still different ceremonies which are held for dingoes, there are number of sites which show footprint of travels of the dingo. (Rose 1992). Wild dingo population was spread all over Australia and they become important functional element of the natural ecosystem.(Fleming et al. 2001). Dingoes have important cultural and environmental significance but still they have number of undesirable and negative impacts. They can cause serious economic loss of pastoral production and …show more content…
they are known for their ability to prey upon domestic livestock. They can also cause damage to survival of remnant population of native fauna. Prior to European Settlement when the agriculture establishment in Australia was at its heights at that time Australia has significantly decreased dingo distribution. (Fleming et al. 2001). Dingoes caused a lot of adverse impact on agriculture specially predation of livestock which resulted in removal and killing of dingoes from the areas of intense primary production. In late 1880s all the state government had passes legislations in regards to removal of dingoes. (Breckwoldt 1988). In early 1990s,to exclude dingoes various programmes such as barrier fences, trapping land clearing, poisoning had been established to remove dingoes from sheep generating district. These programmes resulted in extinction of dingoes over their previous range in southern Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales. (Fleming et al. 2001) 90% hybrids Many hybrids Pure Dingo (In many areas pure dingoes are existing with hybrids)
Source: Australian Dingo Conservation
1. Dingo in Danger
• Hybridisation with Domestic Dogs: European settlement brings the concept of domestic dogs with themselves. There were large numbers of domestic dogs spread throughout the Australia, specifically in the field where dingo population had been extremely decreased. Domestic dogs and dingoes interbreed freely with each other. Wild dogs are used to define as dingoes, feral dogs, and their hybrid collectively.
Hybridisation with domestic dogs have resulted in the serious risk to the long term conservation of the dingo (Corbett 2001; Wilton 2001). Only 10% of all the wild dogs are pure dingoes throughout the Australia as shown in map 2.
• Human- caused Mortality: there is a major role of humans in decreased number of population of dingoes. Poisoning, trapping and shooting had neen practiced throughout Australia. Source:Dingo Bait Fence (William Leo,2001)
• Habitat Loss: human population is rapidly increasing, they are moving further into ideal dingo habitat. Line of demarcation between dingoes and domestic dogs is decreased. This boost the interaction between dingoes, domestic dogs and wild dogs.
• Disease and Deadbeat: Dingoes are vulnerable to most of the disease that affect domestic dogs (Fleming et al. 2001). The majority of these disease have some effect on the survival of adult dingoes.
2. Importance of dingo:
• Ecological role: dingoes have a serious importance in maintaining ecological structure. They overthrow herbivores and mesopredators (cats and foxes), which encourages small mammals (eg: hopping mice, kowaris etc) to raise in plenty. Dingoes ecological influence is so vital that in fact, number of species can only sustain where dingoes are present. • Cultural role of dingoes: They are well connected with the indigenous people and culture. Dingoes are the part of numerous ceremonies, dreamtime stories, as well as rock carving and cave painting ( Rose D,1992). They are also connected to the rituals, holy places and totems. There is proof and signs that to protect the owner even after death dingoes are buried with their owner (Kolig E,1978)
Source: Rock Carving (Tegan Victoria, 2005)
• Tourism: It encourages the tourism industry in Australia. There are several which are offered to see dingoes.
Source: Fraser Fingo-Blog
3. Current dingo management projects:
There are number of legislation and international obligations which are related to dingo management for example The Animal Welfare Act(1999), Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act (2000) etc.
• Their aim and objective:
The main aim of these management projects is to make sure the continued survival of wild dingo population in Australia.
Management measures:
There are various number of measures which needs to be taken care of they are as following:
• Support viable population of the wild dingo: the main aim of these management projects is to maintain the population of pure dingoes throughout Australia.Dingoes population is not controlled in non-agriculture land park and reserves unless management recommend predator management.
• Reduce the level of predation livestock by dingoes: Dingo control is not practiced by the wildlife service and parks. Dingo control in remote tourist resorts and municipal areas is not conducted by Parks and Wildlife Services. Strategic approach of management is encouraged among landholders especially in the areas where livestock is most at risk.
• Necessary step to reduce the cross-breeding between dingoes and domestic dogs: Level of hybridisation is frequently monitored to make sure that the genetic status of dingo population is maintained. Member of public which are permitted to keep dingo should take care of the hybridisation with other dogs.
• Reduce the threat to native fauna population by dingo: dingo management may be required time to time for conservation purpose of native fauna. However, some studies suggest that removal of dingoes may result in increase of subordinate predators like foxes and cats which may cause even greater loss of fauna.
• Reduce the threat of dingo attack on humans: deliberately feeding and attacking is actively discouraged to visitors in national park. There is law against people deliberately feeding protected wildlife. To raise awareness of this issue information is advertised to the wider community.
• New information and technologies should be utilised to adapt and revise the management of dingoes.
• Public awareness and involvement promotion: community education which focus on the profits of cattle production of strategic control and benefits of preserving pure dingoes population in long run.
Proper attention is given on the impacts of hybridisation between domestic dogs and dingoes.
• Promote benefits of strategic dingo management and ecological role
.
• To make sure that dingo management satisfy with indigenous customary law.
Conclusion:
There are many significant steps taken by the government in past few years but still there is more to do. Public awareness and information sharing will make this conservation process stronger. More and more people should be educated and aware to the conservation process as it is our duty to save incredible species on our planet. We should understand that every living organism have the same right to live as we all humans we should not disturb the natural bio diversity as it has consequences which can never be healed.
References:
Breckwoldt R. (1988). A Very Elegant Animal: The Dingo. Angus and Robertson, Sydney.
Corbett L. (2001). The conservation status of the dingo Canis lupus dingo in Australia, with particular reference to New South Wales: threats to pure dingoes and potential solutions. Pp. 10-19 in: C. Dickman and D. Lunney (eds) A Symposium on the Dingo. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mossman
NSW
Fleming P.J.S. and Korn T.J. (1989). Predation of livestock by wild dogs in eastern New South Wales. Australian Rangelands Journal 11: 61-66.
Fleming P., Corbett L., Harden R. and Thomson P. (2001). Managing the impacts of dingoes and other wild dogs. Bureau of Rural Sciences, Canberra.
http://www.dingoconservation.org.au/dingo-threats.html http://www.hermonslade.org.au/projects/HSF_08_11/hsf_08_11.html http://www.fraserdingo4wdhire.com.au/blog/?blogstart=6
Kolig,E (1978). Anoriginal Dogmatics: canines in theory, myth and dogma. Leiden
Rose D.B. (1992). Dingo Makes Us Human: Life and Land in an Aboriginal Australian Culture. Cambridge University Press, Victoria.