On Apr 20, 4:15*pm, Gunner Asch wrote:
*Stop culling dingoes, they're our vulnerable species
May 21, 2009

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The dingo is Australian wildlife but it is the only wildlife not given
protection in this country.

Lyn Watson from the Dingo Discovery Centre outside of Melbourne
(``Foreign zoos pitch in to save the dingo'', May 13) should be
commended for foresight and wisdom in sending dingoes to international
countries in an attempt to save the gene pool, before the only dingoes
left are relics next to a thylacine in the museum.

When the approximate population of dingoes living on Fraser Island
number 140, it is nothing short of total irresponsibility and idiocy
when 56 of these dingoes have been killed since 2001 in a supposed
sanctuary location.
When there are such a small number of dingoes living on Fraser Island
and there have been so many dingoes killed, great concern for the
dwindling gene pool would be a fact for anyone remotely worried about
conservation.

A public that insists on abusing the privilege of this World Heritage
place should be forced to abide by stringent management and rules.

Other World Heritage destinations are kept pristine. A strictly
controlled population of humans is brought on and off the location.
First and foremost come the wildlife in any action plan.
World Heritage should possibly send in their own managers to Fraser
Island, as the legacy of killing 56 dingoes since 2001 is nothing short
of irresponsible.

In the last 12 months nine dingoes have been killed *this includes pups..
Actions from the supposed carers, the rangers on Fraser Island, speak
louder than words. No responsible justification can be made for this
atrocity, the culling of so many dingoes and their pups highlights the
hypocrisy in the departments that are supposed to be protecting and
saving the dingo from extinction

Australia's legacy of dingo extermination is a national disgrace. The
latest killing of dingoes highlights a lack of responsible care and
knowledge of the species.

Dingoes are on our turf, they are slaughtered every day and have been
put on the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural
Resources' Red List of Threatened Species as ``vulnerable''.

Dingoes are our top land predator and keep harmony in the ecosystem.
Where dingoes are now extinct we have a major imbalance with pigs,
goats, cats and foxes.

Dingoes are here for a reason and are just as important as whales.

Nic Papalia president of the West Australian Dingo Association, Balga
(WA).

Whats this all about? *Is it nationwide?

Gunner

"First Law of Leftist Debate
The more you present a leftist with factual evidence
that is counter to his preconceived world view and the
more difficult it becomes for him to refute it without
losing face the chance of him calling you a racist, bigot,
homophobe approaches infinity.

This is despite the thread you are in having not mentioned
race or sexual preference in any way that is relevant to
the subject." *Grey Ghost

Nah, its bull****. No shortage of dingoes, all over the bloody place,
killing sheep, cattle, etc etc. Most state governments employ people
to hunt and kill them (their called "doggers") Very few purebred ones
left cause they mate with ordinary dogs, and the purebreds are looked
after anyway. Some on Fraser Island, but they went and bit people, so
we shot a few of them. The rest calmed down.
Anyway, whales are much more useful - you cant eat a dingo, or get oil
from it.

Andrew VK3BFA.