Dingo Discovery Sanctuary and Research Centre and DNA researcher Dr Alan Wilton appear on ABC children's show Creature Features.
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"Studies of wild dogs caught in Vi...
Dingo Discovery Sanctuary and Research Centre and DNA researcher Dr Alan Wilton appear on ABC children's show Creature Features.
"Studies of wild dogs caught in Victoria have supported the notion that the act of mating between wild dingoes and domestic dogs, and consequent successful rearing of the offspring, is actually a very rare occurance due to the harshness of life in the wild and radical behavioural and biological differences. Natural selection ensures only canines with minimal domestic dog characteristics survive.
Because of this, most so-called hybrids caught only contain an insignificant amount of domestic dog genes and perform the same crucial ecological role that pure dingoes do. Hybridization with domestic dogs is a process that has occurred for wild canine species throughout the world for thousands of years without presenting itself as a serious threat. Hybridization is frequently used to distract the public from the real threat to dingoes (man) and to attempt to justify extermination campaigns."
The Dingo Discovery Sanctuary and Research Centre may breed only pure dingoes to ensure maximum fitness for those released in future reintroduction programs.
It also warns that dingoes are actually wild wolves rather than a domestic dog breed, and do not generally make good pets because they "require special facilities and understanding" that most people cannot provide.
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