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BAC promotes Wongari-Wise on K’gari
The BAC’s Communication and Education Officer, Tessa Waia, has been stepping up the BAC’s involvement in wongari (dingo) management on K’gari.
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Polar Bear vs Wongari – similarities in conservation risk management
The K’gari NRM wongari management team were approached by animal behaviouralist expert Nikita Ovsyanikov and his daughter Katya to meet the team and discuss non-lethal risk mitigation and animal behaviour in the human/wildlife interface.
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Adaptive Management for Wongari Conservation and Safety
Recent media attention highlighted the wongari breeding season and high-risk wongari-human interactions in the Waddy Point and Eli Creek visitor areas on K’gari.
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Wongari Rescued from Crab Pot
Rangers on K’gari (Fraser Island) are accustomed to hearing the wongari (dingo) howl, so when they heard the recent cries from a juvenile, they knew it was in trouble.
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Orchid Beach Wongari (Dingo) Deterrent Fence
In response to recent high-risk dingo activity in Orchid Beach, an additional dingo-deterrent fence spanning nearly six kilometres will be constructed around the township.
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K’gari Natural Resource and Wongari (Dingo) Management Team Win Safety Award
The Director-General’s Safety Behaviour Awards recognise and reward individuals and teams who have demonstrated commitment, leadership, and best practice in the workplace to improve the department’s health and safety culture.
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Collaborative K’gari wongari health assessments – from the inside out
K’gari wongari (dingo) are an ecologically, culturally and economically important component of the island, and as managers, we need to ensure their ongoing conservation. Part of this process includes the assessment of deceased wongari as an accessible sample of the entire population.
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Normal Life After GPS Collar for RYellow18F
She was a well-known collared wongari (dingo) in the public spotlight after a series of negative interactions on K’gari, but she, like others, prove that there is a normal life after a collar.
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Hot off the press: Six Lessons from K’gari
Recently published in the Australian Zoologist is the paper: Best-practice in dingo management – six lessons from K’gari (Fraser Island) by Linda Behrendorff.
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Keeping K’gari’s Dingoes (Wongari) People-Safe!
Dingoes are one of the many icons of K’gari-Fraser Island – and one that attracts a fair amount of debate and interest. So, what are the facts about the island’s dingoes?
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