Killing Dingoes Doesn't Stop Predation.

Killing Dingoes Doesn't Stop Predation... Dingoes live in family groups that have the alpha pair (also known as the breeding pair) along with sub-adults, juveniles and pups. The alphas are the only ones to breed within the group as they limit reproduction by their subordinates. If one of the alphas are killed this disrupts the social structure of the pack and subordinate dingoes, who more often than not, out number the alpha pair, are free to then reproduce. Dingo packs have an important educational role to play, as the experienced dingoes pass on their knowledge. Killing them disrupts this social learning. If the rest of the pack hasn't learnt the skills necessary this is when they may instead turn towards sheep and young cattle. Killing dingoes may sometimes reduce the number of livestock they kill at the time, but this is only "temporary", until new populations of dingoes reestablish themselves. Even though proof that better livestock husbandry (using guardian animals) reduces predation, farmers still don't want dingoes living near them. Despite scientific evidence that lethal control usually doesn't reduce attacks, and that non-lethal methods can almost eliminate predation, this doesn't seem enough to sway farmers into changing their mindsets. How then do we sway farmers into changing their century's old mindsets with the proof we do have?