PB Before I give you my spin on your question, let me clarify one or two things. I think the satistic is 98% of Australians live with in 100klm from the coast and most of those in the South East corner of the country. Most have never seen a Wild dingo in the wild. And as with so many other issues their opinion is derived from media drivel.
My family are pastoralist Cousin Geoff and his dad have just over a quarter of a million acres between them.
Geoff isn't too worried about Dingos but wild dogs either domestic dogs turned loose or the decedents of them are a major issue wild dogs will hunt for fun and normally an unknown dog on farm land are regarded as a danger to stock and is shot on site a dingoe how ever might be shot at ( to scare it off) but generally not deliberately hunted. ( In my experience)
The link below is for Fraser Island ( the largest sand Island in the world and a major tourist attraction.) There are concerns that when the local Brumby (wild horse) population was thinned/culled. It upset the balance of things, by removing a large part of the herd it lowered the available food source ( old, sick, dying and young horses) And has led to very hungry Dingoes ( and they always look lean) getting very bold around people. Compounded by people ignoring National parks laws regarding the disposal of scrap food and deliberate feeding of the Dingoes ( you can be fined). It resulted in a number of attacks and serious injury.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Island
People with no understanding of the balance of nature ( The all life is sacred mob) believe that there should be no culls and you can't blame the Dogs for doing what they do. That's fine until it's a child that is killed. I'm sorry but in that part of the world humans are the apex predator and we won't stand be and watch our young killed.
http://www.boxatrix.com/fraser/dingo.htm
I won't feed wild animals and no longer hunt for sport ( when I did it was only introduced feral species only Pigs rabbits and cats)
Can of worms??
Just my opinion.
Nice pics by the way. The house next door has been vacant for a couple weeks and most mornings a Kookaburra is on the clothes line I'll see if I can grab a pic.
Carl
