Scientists demand end to dingo baiting after research reveals most are genetically pure

Discovery that most canids in Australia are not hybrids with wild dogs leads researchers to push to change policy and terminology

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Scientists are calling on governments to end baiting programs targeting dingoes in national parks, to ditch the “inappropriate and misleading” term “wild dog”, and to proactively engage with Indigenous Australians regarding dingo management.

Dozens of scientists have written to the New South Wales, Victorian and South Australian environment and agriculture ministers to push for changes to dingo policies in light of new scientific research.

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