The Dingo Debate: Origins, Behaviour and Conservation

The Dingo Debate explores the intriguing and relatively unknown story of Australia’s most controversial animal - the dingo. Throughout its existence, the dingo has been shaped by its interactions with human societies. With this as a central theme, the book traces the story of the dingo from its beginnings as a semi domesticated wild dog in South-east Asia to its current status as a wild Australian native animal under threat of extinction.

The Dingo Debate reveals the real dingo beneath the popular stereotypes, providing an account of the dingo’s behavior, ecology, impacts, and management according to scientific and scholarly evidence rather than hearsay. This book will appeal to anyone with an interest in Australian natural history, wild canids, and the relationship between humans and carnivores.

Dr. Bradley P. Smith is a Senior Lecturer in psychology at Central Queensland University. For the past 15 years he has been conducting research relating to the behavior, cognition and management of captive, domestic and wild animals, as well as the intersections between humans and wildlife.