About the project
To continue our exploration of the ways in which humans around the world live with and perceive canids in ‘free’ and captive settings, EASE recently embarked on phase 3 of the Tails from the Streets project.
‘Dingoes Inside the Fence’ explores the world of dingo rescue and pet-keeping in New South Wales, where dingoes are considered native fauna, persecuted as pests and kept as pets.
During a period of fieldwork in July 2018, the project team visited dingo sanctuaries, breeding facilities and the private homes of dingo pet-keepers in Sydney and surrounding areas, documenting the relationships between dingoes and the people who care for them.
The researchers will address questions such as:
- What is like to live with dingoes?
- What motivates dingo pet-keeping?
- What is the status of the purebred vs hybrid dingo?
- What are dingo-rescuers’ perceptions of public attitudes to the rescuing and keeping of dingoes as companion animals?
- Would dingo rescuers and pet-keepers like to see wild-living dingoes reintroduced south of the dingo fence?
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