Dingoes

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/pest-of-the-past-dingos-star-in-the-ascendancy/2007/07/21/1184560109155.html

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/why-the-dingo-should-be-allowed-to-have-its-day/260678.aspx?storypage=0

The first article is one which I stumbled upon which deals mainly with sheep farming and environmentalist politics and the proposed utilization of dingoes to widdle the numbers of foxes and cats. The idea is apparently met with backlash from the sheep farming community as dingoes cause them "such anxiety" and are "most likely to keep them awake at night." It is proposed that European-bred guard dogs could then be put the use and the dingoes would be kept at bay simply by recognition of common dog law, i.e. the respect for another dog's territory. The second link is an article which states the dingo's trend towards extinction, reasons for this trend, methods of prevention and consequences of said extinction. Among the reasons are numbered interbreeding with feral dogs and "eradication regimes such as baiting and shooting." The article details a project which would serve to breed "genetically elite or diverse" dingoes, yet follows it up with the reproach that such an endeavor could "cause the animal to become sterile and alter their breeding patterns." These articles greatly appealed to me not in its direct subject, i.e. the environmental issues surrounding the dingoes and the various methods being taken, but primarily in the information that they reveal regarding the place of the not just the dingo but the kangaroo, the fox, the cat, and several other kinds of dogs in Australia, environmentally, socially, economically, etc.