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Trickster encounters, good or bad, detach us from familiar, often fossilized, socially sanctioned norms. These norms provide a useful service, preserving what ‘is’. But they may also shackle us to a version of the world that no longer exists: a world that has changed while we were ‘busy making other plans.’

Lethal predator control and non-target impacts

"Our research shows predator baiting has the potential to harm more native species than previously realised. That means baiting programs must be conducted carefully according to local conditions and the wildlife present."
theconversation.com/1080-baits
#biodiversity #native #wildlife #livestock #dingo #poison #IntroducedSpecies #baiting

The Conversation1080 baits are used to kill foxes, cats and dingoes – but other animals can be more likely to eat them.
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A man has pleaded guilty to shooting and killing a dingo with a spear gun on K'gari (Fraser Island).

"A Queensland court has heard a dying dingo let out a "gut-wrenching, distressing noise" before bleeding to death from a spear gun wound on K'gari (Fraser Island) earlier this year."
abc.net.au/news/2024-10-28/pau
#Wildlife #dingo #camping #violence #weapons #NationalParks #conservation #Biodiversity

ABC News · Man pleads guilty to killing dingo with spear gun on K'gari (Fraser Island)By James Taylor

Ancient Genomes Reveal Dingoes Are Not Related To Modern Domesticated Dogs

"Newly recovered DNA shows modern dingoes share almost no genetic ancestry with domestic dogs but are descended from ancient canids from China"

by @grrlscientist via @medium

#dingo #dogs #genomics #ancientDNA #conservation #Australia #SciComm medium.com/gardening-birding-a