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The Debate: Are Dingos / Wolves dangerous pets? Laws , Legislation Wild or Hybrid (Any country) nicephotog 2009-09-02 10:59:00
Observed behaviours Dingo Keeping Andy 2009-09-16 06:18:09
Newtons Dingo Management Law Science Blogs and short articles nicephotog 2009-12-11 23:23:55
Vaccinations: Diseases,costs,parvovirus,distemper,rabies,hydrophobia Laws , Legislation Wild or Hybrid (Any country) nicephotog 2010-03-27 23:38:48
Info about Dogs Health.... Dingo Keeping timmy 2011-09-14 04:31:59
   


LINK: (PDF) RSPCA close puppy dactories - dog chooser advice paper
LINK: ABC news search "Dingo"
LINK: sunshinecoastdaily.com.au news search "Dingo"

Link: New! Google Map Sighting Coordinates System
* Allows posters to position a location with Google Maps API on a special map page by use of a standard hypertext link.
* If you are a traveller with stories or information / sightings / pictures of wild dogs to share.
* If your an activist or someone concerned with local wildlife issues.
* If you are a scientist or research field technician or Keeper.
* If you are a non proffessional wild dog keeper whom e.g. grew up with such animals in the forests where you hed lived.
* If you are a company representative with ecological assessments to declare to the public.

If you have images to share but no domain you can get a free account at http://www.flickr.com and see the "forum how to" page at the top left of this page on how to link images into your posts and how to make a Google Map API location. Also, you can access your flickr photo sharing account from your mail.yahoo.com.au (or other national yahoo domain) account.

Farm Livestock Predation Control Techniques

There appears to be little or no documentation from Australian sources on either research or testing or use of the (tried and trusted ancient) techniques to successfully produce gaurd dogs and other animals for predator control in Australia.
I see that as an irresponsible and negligent oversight by Australian farmers and farmers around the world, or perhaps they were never taught the technique as a believable option, maybe believing it was ancient and therefore assuming it redundant.

The following link is the only reference in Australian terms and is unsuitably tagged in "Guard Dogs" by search engine algorithms , you can well comprehend a farmer looking up Nycon, Brambles or Wormald or Chub for Sheep Livestock Guard dogs, i'm sure(sarcastic context).

Link: www.dpi.nsw.gov.au BOOK SUMMARY , Guard Animals For Livestock Protection

Link: Guard Animals For Livestock Protection By "David Jenkins" (46 pages PDF document)

While llamas and Alpacas can give it a good go and are a bonus in being sensitive and nervous early for the sheep flock they are bonded to only gaurd dogs bonded to their flock that live with the sheep are the true 24 hour deterent and defence.

Link: Sheep Predator Control

Link: Predator Control for Sustainable and Organic Livestock Production

Link: Predator Control with Guard Dogs

Link: Livestock Gaurding Dogs

Link: ...Go to the dogs...

Buy/Own a Dingo (NSW - ACT - NT only)

ABOUT (Links to various sites along down the page)     Many of the pages below require
Adobe Acrobat reader(from this link)

For the common good of all these rapidly extincting , ignored and misunderstood canids an attempt ot centralise all proceedings and information surrounding them is being setup and assessed HERE

Species background colour endangerment listing level
logistic problems of keeping them safe from and off the endangered list
severely endangered / endangered [requires immediate actions and logistisicing with governments of their range areas and forming a conservation body directly for them if one does not exist]
extreme: critically endangered near extinct [requires immediate compulsory top level construction of international organisational body directly for them if one does not exist]

This site wishes to achieve informing the world of the dwindling existence toward extinction of the top order predator before mankind (25 - 30 mya approx) fully evolved on this planet.

That creature has an off shoot of its genus called Familiaris, "Canis Familiaris" the common domesticated dog. The common domesticated dog is believed to be descended from "Canis Lupus" the "Grey Wolf". There are other sub species of Canis/Canidae that are neither Wolf or Fox or Jackal, such as the (example 1.) "Dhole"(a reasonably normal wild dog) and the (example 2.)"Raccoon Dog"(an unusual member of the Canid species). Hyenas about fit similarly with them so to speak..

Wolves are continued to be treated as though they are nothing but a vermin anywhere in the world and the ecological balance of the planet is considered to be damaged from their continual destruction by hunting trapping and carelessness of business and government alike.

Below are site links to/about (for most) endangered species or some heading that way soon if we're not careful in managing the worlds resources and utilisation. Farbeit that utilitarian principle be used for these creatures when in nature they already contain a purpose in ecology.
These Canids require conservation efforts and protectorate construction for their continued survival inclusively as their own species by purity of gene pool diversity.

However, while the beforementioned is being settled, for everyone whom could require to raise wolf pups/cubs, here is some information about how to feed them and make them feel more at home to bond them to thier personal keeper. Regurgitative food transfer among wild wolves (PDF)

Brief about common wolf sub species (PDF) and some terms refered to when describing their species.

Dingone.pdf (Canis Lupus Dingo preservation and personal wild dog keeping) (PDF) (An unorthodox view of Wild Canid preservation) The view of this PDF is that a "genetic reserve pool" of any Wolf species(is a must do of at least a thousand of them based on how deteriorated that reserve pool could be potentially by civil or criminal law disputes that are known to abound with domestic dog keeping) can be kept in a domestic situation living-keeping situation by relatively ordinary people, with minimal requirement to see a difference of needs being separate from that of the method care of domestic dogs(Canis Familiaris)

The same old problem of conservation of wild animals is economics because their impact on human territory by wandering causes trouble.

It is not reasonable to say to a farmer in e.g. the Bale mountains Ethiopia to not use fertile land for farming that can save his families life. Again it is not reasonable that a farmer in Ethiopia should sit and watch and tolerate Wolves being produced and re-supplied to a frivolously declared land space that is in a war zone where the motto is .."if it moves shoot it or Aerial bomb it"... while he and his family starve to death.
That is a rude action upon human life.

These particualar animals are Canidae and through history have even had appointed wild dog keepers in ancient civilisations, not merely handlers.
However if you wish to dig that out of old ancient text you will find that the keepers earned a wage and there is no escape from economics at any turn.

What we do not have, (as human boundaries encroach on wilderness and less tolerence of wild creatures becomes greater because of difficulties they incurr) is a way of caring for them and "housing them"(not literal , as a figure of speech) so they can be continued in purity while we adjust to being able to manage our earth and natural resources.

In the US the difficulties of managing wild canidae are no different to Bale mountains Ethiopia for the point of not or suffering lost production as a farmer. In the US economic system two types of insurance can be obtained for lost production life insurance and direct loss to production (the latter really being the applicable in this context) but that itself to have, commits a heavy cost, and many in farming really are not allowed(granted) logistically such cover by insurance companies because there is no substantive measurement of whether a season would succeed whether agronomic or livestock.

However, in the case of loss of livestock or crops to wild animals, by damage, or attack, it can be proven to insurance companies that reduction to acceptable risk levels for allowance of insurance cover can be attained if a campaign of population control against incidence is committed.
The trouble is that is only ensurable to the insurance company by, the destruction of the wild animals by butchering them, by either poisonous baiting(e.g. 1080 , strychnine), or continual barages of cull shooting and hunting.
The farmer provides receipts to the insurance company of mercenary assigned trapping and shooting bounty tally of a registered pest extermination company and the alike as for poison chemicals aquired and used in accordance with government poison baiting permits and their approved methods of enaction for primary production.
Unfortunately, if either method is unsuccessful in weight of numbers against population or incidence occurrence(thus no insurance granted), it can result in illegal chemical usage or illegal hunting.

Canidae at least have some management points large Cats do not, wild canidae are partially omnivorous and they do form obvious groups with a hierarchy making it possible to perform simple inter-species communication that is more effective and less dangerous than the felidae hyper-carnivore.

This point is where they become more able to be managed , saved , conserved either temporarily or permanently.

If people whom either have the experience, or money to learn to keep these animals can be picked on to be keepers at a more personal and/or sponsored level then there is a resource of keepers for any of these wild canidae in requirement.

In Australia, there are many experienced seasonal workers whom could shift across from doing roundups with pack canidae(Kelpies and Heelers/Cattle Dogs, of is their only activity for most in that work by having their own dogs) to wolf or wild dog keeping, not unalike in the US there are many hunters who use hounds whom may see that as an alternative job handling pack canidae(re: A national Geographic article where one hunter much of his life kept more than fifty bloodhounds for hunting and hunting was his only job).

Some would say that its the domain of a scientific major in environmental science of canidae keeping e.g. a National Park and Wildlife officer,No!(there is obviously an alike). Or, if they do recognise the pure hands on requirement of direct social relationship with the animals, then as usual a governament would try to stretch each personal keepers arms accross to the next piece of territory from where his official location station is for economics sake.This last point about a government assigning a person as a resource gets worse, if there is a downturn of funding economically it simply drops the position of the resource then attempts some force of handing it to another assigned employee not dissimilar to the stretched resource arrangement previously mentioned.
Governements are known perfectly, so are business and big business(reasonably exempt from attempting to ply a responsibility here because the territories they use are either granted or is not for statement to imply or impart as existent entity).

Winning by luck against time and few resources is one thing, but it does not justify being a loser if "that" occurs, a loser cannot win because it's over, it's finnished.

(Case Study) Wolf Habituation as a Conservation Conundrum ..."Historically, intense fear of gray wolves (Canis lupus) as predators of livestock and perhaps people led to bounty hunts in the Western U.S. during the late 1800s and early 1900s that successfully eradicated wolves from most of their historic range"...

Co-Evolution of Humans and Canids (PDF) This article is about human and canid evolutionary cognition through time. There are reasons that "Canis Familiaris" could be nothing other than a total artificial sub species of canid, and that Wolves effectively exist as nothing much more than a choice of the few rays of evolution from the mid era canidae "bear dogs" and "Hesperocyoninae,Borophaginae,Caninae" sub-specie caniforms from 35 million years previous in the Eocene epoch.

Wild Canid Centre Mission Statement : As written in the by-laws (amended 22 Feb 2001 by the Board of Trustees), the mission statement of the Wild Canid Survival and Research Center (WCSRC) states: ?Dedicated to the preservation of wolves and other wild canids through captive breeding, education and research.? The basic purpose of the WCSRC (known locally as the Wolf Sanctuary and within the profession as the Wild Canid Center) is to contribute to the survival of the wild canids of the world through exhibition, education, breeding (conservation), and research. Activities focus on the reintroduction of endangered species back into the natural ecosystem. Specific goals state:

(a) The WCSRC will establish and maintain gene pools of selected subspecies of wild canids.

(b) The WCSRC will strive to facilitate the reintroduction of wild canids into appropriate wilderness areas.

(c) The WCSRC will stimulate interest in the survival of wild canids by exhibiting resident animals, providing educational programs and materials, contributing to data banks on captive canids throughout the world and maintaining a library on wild and captive canids.

(d) The WCSRC will conduct and sponsor studies of its captive stock of wild canids and encourage and support field research in canid biology.

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Below are links to information of various wolves' species (and other wild canid species), and, information from activist groups that monitor and lobby local or national governments in various parts of the world to protect and conserve wolves.

Australian Dingos and their plight against extinction by interbreeding with stray domestic dogs.

Catalyst news column: ABC.net.au VIDEO "Dingo Secrets" (short documentary about Blue Mountains dingo research)

West Australian Dingo Association (conservation and protection from government and farming malpractice of Dingos in Australia)
*note: Thai Dingo, and Papua New Guinea Singing dog, are not mentioned with this section neither the South Asian Dhole, this is only for the Australian Canis Lupus Dingo (Australian Wild Dog).

Rarity of a top predator triggers continent-wide collapse of mammal prey: dingoes and marsupials in Australia (PDF) About preditor control by dingos in preditor hierarchy affecting prey species by Dingos not being present(rare).

Nomination of Populations of Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) for Schedule 1 Part 2 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act, 1995 (PDF) This is an out of date short paper that looks at the assignment of conservation status to Dingos in Australia.


Oxford Scientific site: http://ww3.osf.co.uk/

(USA) "Carolina" Pariah Dogs
"The Dixie Dingo" "The Native American Dog" "The American Dingo" " Southern Aboriginal Dog" "The Indian's Dog"

www.carolinadogs.com

Nationa Geographic Research article (Carolina Dogs Origin)

The Red Wolf Coalition "Canis Lupus Rufus" almost completely extinct alike the Ethiopian wolf.

Value of conserving the Red Wolf (Article PDF) (PDF)

Defenders of Wildlife (Canada Wolves) ..."Canada hosts the world?s largest wolf population, with more than 50,000 wolves inhabiting its vast landscape. Wolves are heavily hunted and trapped throughout the country, however, and are often killed when they stray from the protection of national and provincial parks. Defenders is working to"...

Wolves Ontario (conservation and protection of wolf populations in Northern United States and Canada)
Wolfsong 1996 calendar : Gray Wolf (Canis lufus)  pack - Art Wolfe; DISPLAY FULL IMAGE.

ETHIOPIAN WOLF CONSERVATION PROGRAMME Ethiopian Wolf "Canis Simensis" , is rapidly becoming extinct in north east Africa because of war and diseases such as rabies(though this one appears to have successfully been controlled now).
DHOLE HOME PAGE ..."The dhole (Cuon alpinus) is a species of wild dog from southern Asia. It's an unusual canid, living in highly social packs. Though threatened with extinction, so far it has received very little attention. Unlike the wolf or African hunting dog, few people have even heard of it!"...

Dhole (information article) (PDF) Article at canids.org

Livestoc-Dhole conflict in western Bhutan Short report

Maned wolf (is not the "Mexican Wolf" Its a completely separate species) Maned Wolf Facts fact sheet for the Maned wolf at the Smithsonian Zoological Park.

Endangered Species Maned Wolf Smithsonian Zoological Park.

Problems and Recommendations for the Conservation of the Maned Wolf in Argentina (PDF)

LINKING RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION (PDF) Conservation of Maned Wolves in the Serra da Canastra National Park By Nucharin Songsasen and Rogerio Cunha de Paula

Maned Wolf - research paper (PDF)

The Magneficent Maned Wolf (PDF) Bulletin from the SSP management Commitee
maned wolf nationalzoo.si.edu smithsonian zoological park

International Wolf Centre All about wolves, their customs and habitat, behavior e.t.c.
Timber Wolf Information Network T.W.I.N. Mission: To increase public awareness and acceptance of the wolf in its natural habitat and its ecological role in the environment.
SaveTheCoyote.com a website dedicated to saving America's most noble predator - the coyote ("canis latrans").
Indiana Coyote Rescue Center

Project Coyote Mission: Project Coyote promotes educated coexistence between people and coyotes by championing progressive management policies and fostering respect for and understanding of America's native wild "song dog."

Coyotes in insular Newfoundland (PDF) Study of a group of Coyotes.

THE NARRAGANSETT BAY COYOTE STUDY Study of a group of Coyotes.
coyote trotting

Carnivore Ecology and Conservation :Canidae News: NEWS - This is an automatically updated page of news titles at their site.
African Wild Dogs

Painted Dog Conservation (African Wild Dogs)

African Wild Dog Conservation (AWDC)

Save The African Wild Dog
photograph of two Painted Dogs

Hyena Projects (& brown) video gallery
Indian Penninsula Wolf (Canis Lupus Pallipes)

Indian Penninsula Wolf (Canis Lupus Pallipes) Brief page of facts for Pallipes (Note: Canis Lupus Pallipes was seperated from another species of wolf through science that dwells in the Himalayas).

Ancient origin and evolution of the Indian wolf: evidence from mitochondrial DNA typing of wolves from Trans-Himalayan region and Pennisular India (PDF) scientific biochemical survey of Indian Penninsula Wolf populations dispersion geographically (Canis Lupus Pallipes). The first part of the paper is reasonably plain english , then becomes more scientific and jargon operated.

Ancient wolf lineages in India (Dinesh K. Sharma Jesus E. Maldonado, Yadrendradev V. Jhala and Robert C. Fleischer (PDF) Another scientific survey of Indian Penninsula Wolf populations dispersion geographically (Canis Lupus Pallipes).

14. Canis pallipes === The Indian Wolf === Gurg, Bhariya (1974 Immensely out of date) PAKISTAN : FOURTH SCHEDULE SCHEDULE OF WILD BIRDS AND ANIMALS WHICH ARE NOT PROTECTED [See SECTION 2 (v)]

Dhole and Snow Leopard sighting report This article link shouldn't be here but the range of the Dhole does cross the border into india and the range of these Wolves. These wolves in turn to it cross the range of the Himilayan wolf, an extremely similar species.
Indian penninsula Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) or Canis indica

Swift Fox (Vulpes velox) (PDF) Data sheet about the Swift Foxes.

Swift fox Swift fox facts
swift fox picture

Egyptian jackal (Canis aureus lupaster)

The Wild Canines of Egypt Article from the Egyptian tourism beuro.
(should read on the page as follows, because it is a Jackal they talk about not a Lupus wolf)...The Egyptian jackal (Canis lupaster) also known as the Egyptian wolf, wolf's jackal or locally Dib or Deeb...

Wiki article
Egytian Jackal

Arabian Wolf (Care2 Network article)

Arabian Wolf (From Wikipedia) This is Canis Lupus Arabs (Not Canis Lupus Pallipes)

The Carnivores of the Northeastern Badia, Jordan (PDF) Survey study journal report.

THE RED LIST OF TERRESTRIAL MAMMALIAN SPECIES OF THE ABU DHABI EMIRATE (PDF) Study and report from an environmental agency in THE ABU DHABI EMIRATE.
arabian wolf
Images Article page

Arabian Wolf Advertisement (Google)

The Ellesmere Island Arctic Wolf Research Project: Timeless Scientific Journey (PDF) timeloss und shameloss.

The Arctic Wolf (article)

Arctic Wolves and their Prey (PDF) research study: Biological Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/essay_mech.html

Annual Arctic Wolf Pack Size Related to Arctic Hare Numbers (L. DAVID) (PDF) research report paper

Decline and Recovery of a High Arctic Wolf-Prey System (PDF)
http://www.arcticanimallearningzone.com/arctic_wolf1.jpg

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