We know that the dingo is unloved by most pastoralists....

We all know that the dingo is unloved by most pastoralists.

But some pioneering pastoralists are transitioning to predator-friendly management. In sheep grazing properties, pastoralists are successfully working with guardian animals such as Maremma dogs. In cattle grazing regions, pastoralists are finding that calf losses often decline when they stop baiting. We need them to speak up so as others may follow. For well over two centuries, it has been shot, poisoned, and hounded for its predatory habits. Purebred dingoes have become rare in most of their former haunts across the continent, particularly in the high country of the Great Divide. While it resembles a domestic dog (Canis familiaris), the dingo is now acknowledged at species level as Canis Dingo following the description by Crowther et al, in the journal of zoology (2014). The Australian government also accepts that the dingo is a native species and is aware of the research on the ecological benefits of apex predators such as the dingo.