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Genetic Health and Status of K’gari Wongari (Dingoes)
This project was a cooperative study between the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS), the Butchulla Aboriginal Corporation, the University of Southern Queensland and the University of Cape Town and was conducted to assess the current genetic status of the wongari population on the island.
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Black-breasted button-quail project comes to a close
When the BAC’s Conserving Mur’rindum (Black-breasted button-quail) on Butchulla Country project was approved in September 2020, the Du’ling Bushfire that burnt over 85,000 Ha (50%) of the island, hadn’t even started.
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Wongari-Wise, Dingo-Safe – Get the Message!
Sadly, a recent wongari (dingo) attack to K’gari visitor, 23-year-old Sarah Peet, an urban designer with Moreton Bay Council, resulted not only in ~30 bites and lacerations on her arms, legs, and torso but the euthanasia of the lead wongari (CC Green) after the attack. This was the second wongari euthanised on K’gari for dangerous behaviour this year.
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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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Facing a Biodiversity Crisis
We are facing a biodiversity crisis. Since 1788, Australia has lost 30 mammal species and 29 bird species we had known and identified.
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Threatened Species Feature: Water Mouse
The vulnerable water mouse (Xeromys myoides) is a small mammal about twice the size of a house mouse.
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