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The Dingo Debate: Origins, Behaviour and Conservation
Bradley Smith
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Description for The Dingo Debate: Origins, Behaviour and Conservation
Paperback. Explores the intriguing and relatively unknown story of Australia's most controversial animal, the dingo. Editor(s): Smith, Bradley. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; PSVS; PSVW7; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 830.
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. It describes how dingoes made their way to Australia, their subsequent relationship with Indigenous Australians, their successful adaption to the Australian landscape and their constant battle against the agricultural ... Read more
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. It describes how dingoes made their way to Australia, their subsequent relationship with Indigenous Australians, their successful adaption to the Australian landscape and their constant battle against the agricultural ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
CSIRO Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Melbourne, Australia
ISBN
9781486300297
SKU
V9781486300297
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-2
About Bradley Smith
Dr Bradley Smith is a Research Fellow in Human and Animal Psychology. He has spent the last decade conducting experimental and observational studies of dingoes in both captive and wild settings, and investigating the dingo's controversial past. He currently serves as director of the Australian Dingo Foundation and scientific advisor for one of Australia's largest dingo sanctuaries. ... Read more
Reviews for The Dingo Debate: Origins, Behaviour and Conservation
The editor and five additional experts have done a masterful job of bringing together facts, prejudices and folklore about the quintessential-ly Australian ]immigrant, the dingo. - Biological Conservation